GOP lawmakers want to bring DOGE, MAHA movement to Kentucky. What does that look like?

From the article: "The office created by Tichenor’s bill would operate under the Auditor of Public Accounts. Part of the bill charges the auditor, currently Republican Allison Ball, with conducting “performance audits and operational reviews of state agencies to identify inefficiencies, waste and opportunity for cost savings,” as well as “develop and recommend best practices for streamlining government operations” and report those findings to the executive branch and the Legislative Research Commission. In an interview with the Herald-Leader, Tichenor said Ball fully supports the bill and helped craft it."

Which raises the question: What does Allison Ball actually do? Investigating waste is already part of her job. Why is this bill needed?

Tichenor gives away the game later in the article. Like DOGE, it bill's intention isn't to uncover waste or abuse, but to give the legislature political cover to eliminate programs they don't like: "As for where the future cuts might come from, she mentioned the state’s massive pension systems, the unemployment insurance program and the state’s Medicaid spending..."