Jacksonville City Council Member Ron Salem will hold a meeting on Tuesday at City Hall to discuss local DOGE efforts.

Brad Hershbein, a senior economist and researcher with the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, said there is a concern these federal layoffs could have a ripple effect and go beyond the immediate job losses.

Sue Long with the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University founded a group that tracks IRS audits and has testified before Congress about restructuring the IRS.

The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of Government Efficiency requests to access Social Security recipient information.

In a recent conversation on This Week in Jacksonville, Senator Rick Scott shared his thoughts on the idea of establishing a Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to identify areas where federal spending could be reduced.