ST.PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) - Members of Florida's Division of Governmental Oversight and Efficiency will be in Pinellas County Thursday after the governor and the chief financial officer ordered an audit.

Pinellas is the latest stop for the state's on-site DOGE investigations.

"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. I'm going to be a pitbull when it comes to spending and rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse," Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said.

According to Ingoglia, on-site teams will review data systems, physical properties, and personnel. He said these are areas where additional attention is likely needed to address spending, taxing, and management practices.

"They cannot tell

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