Iowa Announces State-Level DOGE Task Force

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that she plans to launch a state Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force to cut government spending.

“I like to say that we were doing DOGE before DOGE was a thing,” Reynolds said during her 2025 Condition of the State Address. “And to build on our success, I’m launching our own State DOGE, to find even greater savings and efficiencies in both state and local government. Because to pass meaningful property tax reform, we also need to be lean at the local level.”

She explained that in eighteen months, the state’s efficiency efforts have saved taxpayers $217 million.

Emily Schmitt, general counsel of Sukup Manufacturing, will lead the state’s DOGE. Schmitt called the move a display of “bold leadership.”

An executive order on the task force is forthcoming.

President-elect Donald Trump announced in November that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would lead DOGE to “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.”

Trump declared that the agency will become, “potentially, ‘The Manhattan Project’ of our time.”

“Their work will conclude no later than July 4, 2026 – A smaller Government, with more efficiency and less bureaucracy, will be the perfect gift to America on the 250th Anniversary of The Declaration of Independence,” he added. “I am confident they will succeed!”

Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL) announced the creation of the “DOGE Caucus” while Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will lead the Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee.

“I’m excited to chair this new subcommittee designed to work hand in hand with President Trump, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and the entire DOGE team,” Greene said. “We will identify and investigate the waste, corruption and absolutely useless parts of our federal government.”

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