TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — He's a familiar face for folks in the Tampa Bay area, but now his presence is being felt statewide.

Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia and the state's DOGE task force are ramping up investigation's county by county. Yet, critics are calling into question his approach to it all.

"I'm going to be in this office for nine years, and I'm telling local governments right now my audit authority is not going away," Ingoglia said. "I'm going to be a pitbull when it comes to spending and rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse."

8 On Your Side asked the new CFO how much savings DOGE could have for Floridians.

"I think it's going to depend upon the government that we are looking at," Ingoglia said.

Ingoglia said some more fiscally conservative areas will see less savin

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