A Mississippi audit has identified millions of dollars in recurring waste in the state’s major agencies.
Mississippi’s “Project Momentum” is the largest such audit in the state in decades.
The audit found up to $335 million in recurring waste over 13 state agencies. It follows several smaller audits over the past five years that also identified opportunities for tens of millions of dollars in savings, according to Mississippi State Auditor Shad White.
White said the project aims to accomplish on a state level what former President Donald Trump said last month he aims to do on a federal level.
“I was encouraged to see President Trump announce recently that if elected, he would appoint Elon Musk to lead a government efficiency commission to help eliminate fraud and waste in the federal government,” White said in a statement Monday announcing the audit’s release. “We’re doing the same thing right here in Mississippi with Project Momentum.”…