Tag: ALDOGE

The Alabama Policy Institute's new Alabama Department of Government Efficiency report found that Innovate Alabama awarded millions of taxpayer dollars to companies statewide. Some of those awards caused concern.

The Republican Party’s platform may promise limited government, but human nature and political incentives don’t always align with ideology. Once in power, any party – Republican or otherwise – can fall into complacency, cronyism, or just plain inefficiency.

So, does Alabama need a “Department” of Government Efficiency? We already have one. We just call it Republican leadership.

With the success of President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency at rooting out government waste, many have wondered if someone could do the same thing at the state level in Alabama.

On Monday, API launched ALDOGE, “an initiative inspired by the principles of the national DOGE program led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.”