{"id":2489208,"date":"2025-09-21T14:35:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-texas-doge-office-opens-director-appointed\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T14:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:38:04","slug":"new-texas-doge-office-opens-director-appointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-texas-doge-office-opens-director-appointed\/","title":{"rendered":"New Texas DOGE office opens, director appointed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-texas-doge-office-opens-director-appointed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2489208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article reports on the establishment of the Texas Regulatory efficiency Office (TREO), a new state agency created by the Texas legislature earlier this year to reduce unnecessary regulations within state agencies.The office, likened to a state-level version of the federal Department of Government efficiency (DOGE), was formed following the passage of Senate Bill 14, signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott adn effective from September 1. Abbott appointed Jerome Greener, formerly of the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Americans for Prosperity, as TREOS first director.<\/p>\n<p>TREO&#8217;s mission is to identify and eliminate redundant or ineffective regulations, streamline rule-making processes, and assess regulatory impacts such as costs and employment effects. The law also mandates collaboration with other state departments to create an accessible online resource for the public to search state regulations.<\/p>\n<p>A seven<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-declines-to-approve-nasal-spray-for-severe-allergic-reactions\/\" title=\"FDA rejects nasal spray for severe allergies.\">-member advisory panel<\/a>, appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor, and House speaker, will guide TREO&#8217;s efforts, representing various stakeholder groups including licensed professionals, state agencies, businesses, and the public.<\/p>\n<p>However, the agency has faced criticism, notably from state representative Brian Harrison, who argues that TREO expands government bureaucracy and spending, increasing the executive branch&#8217;s size by over 100 employees with a $130 million budget impact. Harrison also objects to the law&#8217;s codification of Chevron deference-a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >legal doctrine granting agencies authority<\/a> to interpret statutes-which the U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected. He contends that rather then reducing government overreach, TREO may increase regulatory burdens, making Texas&#8217;s approach more expansive than federal reforms. <\/p>\n<p>Governor Abbott defends TREO as a way to protect individual liberty, promote economic prospect, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-allege-cover-up-while-whistleblowers-claim-retaliation-in-ufo-hearing\/\" title=\"...makers accuse cover-up, whistleblowers report retaliation in UFO hearing.\">improve government efficiency<\/a> in Texas. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New Texas DOGE office opens, director appointed<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2235282\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square)&nbsp; &ndash; A new state agency being compared to the federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Government Efficienc<\/a>y (DOGE) is gearing up after a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">law<\/a> went into effect and a new director was appointed.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas<\/a> legislature created the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office (TREO) to identify and eliminate unnecessary regulations in state agencies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3817352\/visa-programs-over-crowded-lower-wages\/\">Visa programs are over crowded, lower wages: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3817313\/trump-fox-lachlan-murdoch-tiktok-deal-china-algorithm\/\">Trump says Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch involved in TikTok deal to control app&#8217;s algorithm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3817212\/watch-live-charlie-kirk-memorial-service-arizona\/\">WATCH LIVE: Thousands gather for Charlie Kirk memorial service in Arizona<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Texans deserve a government that protects individual liberty and fosters economic opportunity,&rdquo; Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement. &ldquo;Through the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, we will cut red tape, streamline regulations, and put a check on the growth of the administrative state to keep Texas the best place to live, work, and raise a family.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Abbott appointed Jerome Greener as TREO&rsquo;s first director. Greener was previously the executive vice president of&nbsp;the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Prior to joining TPPF, he was the Texas director for Americans for Prosperity and worked for Americans for Prosperity Action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With a proven record of championing limited government and commonsense public policy, Jerome is an exceptional choice to lead TREO as it works to ease burdens on Texans and make government leaner, faster, and more accountable,&rdquo; Abbott said.<\/p>\n<p>The state legislature created TREO during the regular legislative session when it passed SB 14, filed by state Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, and state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake. Abbott signed the bill into law in April; it became effective Sept. 1.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new law directs TREO to assist state agencies with identifying and repealing unnecessary or ineffective rules and issuing best-practice guidelines for agencies to adopt new rules and perform a range of required analyses like cost and employment impact statements. It also directs TREO to determine regulatory costs imposed on taxpayers to eliminate or reduce them, according to the bill language.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It also requires the Department of Information Resources and the Secretary of State to work with TREO to create a user-friendly website for users to search state rules, identify regulated activities or businesses or other topics.<\/p>\n<p>The new law also created a seven member TREO advisory panel that is &ldquo;administratively attached&rdquo; to the governor&rsquo;s office. All members are appointed; three by the governor, and two each by the lieutenant governor and House speaker. The law directs the governor to appoint an individual who received an occupational license from a state agency, another who represents &ldquo;state agencies that adopt rules,&rdquo; and a higher education institution research employee who &ldquo;has experience addressing issues related to state agency rules.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Those appointed by the lieutenant governor and House speaker must represent regulated small businesses, large businesses and members of the public.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new law doesn&rsquo;t appear to require TREO to identify waste, fraud and abuse in state spending. It expands the size of government and increases state spending.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest critics of TREO has been state Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brianeharrison\/status\/1912292201733718283\">who argues<\/a>&nbsp;TREO grows government, expands the executive branch, increases spending by $130 million, and adds more than 100 bureaucrats, citing the bill&rsquo;s fiscal impact statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/3815972\/paxton-calls-out-texas-university-for-punishing-student-who-denounced-kirk-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PAXTON CALLS OUT TEXAS UNIVERSITY FOR PUNISHING STUDENT WHO DENOUNCED KIRK ASSASSINATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harrison, who voted against the bill,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brianeharrison\/status\/1909665339430084729\">said<\/a>&nbsp;one of the worst parts about the new law is it codifies Chevron deference, which the Supreme Court ruled against. Chevron deference was a practice courts used for decades, effectively deferring to agencies to interpret ambiguous statutes. The Supreme Court ruled courts can no longer do that.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So for all the talk about we don&rsquo;t want to make Texas like DC,&rdquo; the new law &ldquo;puts Texas to the left of the federal government when it comes to issues of regulatory reform,&rdquo; Harrison said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office opens, director named<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2489209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/texas-capitol.-.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[23466,63791,3694],"class_list":["post-2489208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-doge","tag-office-opening","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/texas-capitol.-.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489208"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489213,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489208\/revisions\/2489213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2489209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}