Action Item: NC's Version of DOGE Advances to Senate

DAVE = DOGE?

Republicans in the General Assembly have introduced Senate Bill 474, also known as the DAVE Act, which would:

• Create a new division within the Republican State Auditor’s Office, the Division of Accountability, Value and Efficiency.

• Require all state agencies to justify their existence and explain any vacancies that have gone unfilled for at least six months.

• Recommend positions for elimination, as well as state offices or agencies that should be dissolved.

• Allow for the usage of artificial intelligence in its review.

Make your voice heard: Contact our State legislators and tell them the DAVE Act is dangerous!

Here is some additional information. Contact info for our representatives in Raleigh is below this text.

From Lillian's List:

This bill gives a newly created division the authority to scrutinize and potentially eliminate state agencies and essential programs, from public health and education to reproductive freedom. And it does so using vague metrics and even artificial intelligence, with zero transparency and devastating consequences.

From Ardis Watkins, executive director of the State Employees Association of North Carolina, via WUNC:

"There's no parameters laid out to explain exactly what's assessed, how this data would work," Watkins said. "There's genuine concern around all of this."

Representative Jennifer Balkcom

📞: 919-733-5956

📧: Jennifer.Balkcom@ncleg.gov

Representative Jake Johnson

📞: 919-715-4466

📧: Jake.Johnson@ncleg.gov

Senator Tim Moffitt

📞: 919-733-5745

📧: Tim.Moffitt@ncleg.gov