by Guy Page
At his press conference last week, VDC asked Gov. Phil Scott if Vermont should institute its own version of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, AKA DOGE.
The governor’s answer: “It’s not a bad idea.”
Scott explained that his administration did something DOGE-like before Covid sidetracked everything. “We had some people from the outside looking at what we were doing. We found a lot of opportunities, and we actually fixed some issues along the way.” he said.
Scott doesn’t think giving anyone “unfettered access” to state data is a good idea. And, it’s not on the front burner with education and public safety and affordability taxation.
But – “it’s not a bad idea to reinstitute that,” the governor summarized.