Florida universities face sweeping state audit under Ron DeSantis’ DOGE mandate

Palm Coast Assures DeSantis's "DOGE" Team: The City Is Financially Sound

The Palm Coast government administration certified in late March to the governor’s office that the city has not encountered any of five criteria suggesting “financial emergency or distress” since 2018, and does not anticipate any ahead. Acting City Manager Lauren Johnston sent the letter confirming the fact to the governor’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” team on March 20. The letter is prompting some inaccurate speculation that…

Florida’s DOGE agency asks university faculty to hand over research

A letter sent last week asks colleges to compile a list of all research and grants.

O'Keefe Releases Covert Recording of Florida Tech President Admitting to 'Tweaking the Language' of DEI Courses to Bypass DEI Ban and Secure Millions in Taxpayer Funding

The O’Keefe Media Group on Thursday released a recording of Florida University Tech President John Nicklow admitting to changing the language of the DEI courses to bypass a Desantis-backed DEI ban in order to secure millions of dollars in taxpayer funding. On Wednesday, O’Keefe received a cease and desist letter from the Florida University president threatening him not to publish his recording. “A Florida University President has sent me a CEASE…

On April 10, 2025, El Venezolano.- Florida's higher education system faces intensified government scrutiny with the beginning of the first phase of audits of the state's 12 public universities, says Diario Las Américas. Monitoring is done through the newly created Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE), an initiative of Governor Ron DeSantis, in line with policies promoted by the White House. Institutions must deliver six years of detailed…

Florida universities face sweeping state audit under DeSantis’ DOGE mandate

Florida’s public universities and colleges have just two weeks to turn over six years’ worth of records on staffing, research and grant funding.

Florida universities face sweeping state audit under Ron DeSantis’ DOGE mandate

Florida’s public universities and colleges have just two weeks to turn over six years’ worth of records on staffing, research and grant funding as part of the first formal information request under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ newly mandated Department of Government Efficiency – a sweeping effort to identify “inefficiencies” in higher education.+ The DOGE team outlined the first phase of its audit in a letter to university presidents. Institutions were in…