TALLAHASSEE—Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to give Florida's auditing task force a new name with an edgy acronym: FAFO.
Standing for the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight, FAFO—not to be confused with the popular "F—k around and find out" adage—was proposed by DeSantis ally and newly-appointed chief financial officer Blaise Ingoglia during the GOP's Red Florida Dinner in Orlando over the weekend.
DeSantis is a fan.
"Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight has a nice ring to it—might need to work up an executive order and make it official," DeSantis posted on X Monday morning, responding to Ingoglia's "unofficial" plan to rename Florida's Department of Government Efficiency.
And though representatives for the governor did not respond to requests for comment on a timeline for an executive order, Ingoglia told The Floridian that he first discussed the renaming with DeSantis a few weeks ago and "he loved it."
Currently called DOGE, DeSantis created the task force earlier this year to investigate and audit spending from local governments and universities.
He modeled it after the federal DOGE formerly headed by tech billionaire Elon Musk before his tense departure from the Trump administration.
DeSantis first employed the DOGE task force at the end of July alongside Ingoglia, just days after the Spring Hill Republican was elevated to the CFO role.
The two powerhouses have since publicly touted their plans to "DOGE" Gainesville, Broward County, Manatee County, and Orlando, pointing toward their high property taxes and potential non-compliance with anti-DEI laws.
