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Ways and Means panel introduces bills to inventory vacant positions and require travel reporting
Summary
The Idaho House Ways and Means Committee voted to introduce two related requests (RS32690 and RS32691) requiring state agencies to report long-term vacancies and agency travel spending; RS32691 would extend travel-reporting to statewide elected officials.
The Idaho House Ways and Means Committee on Oct. 12 introduced two related proposals aimed at increasing transparency around vacant positions and agency travel spending.
Mike Moyle, District 10, told the committee the first proposal, RS32690, would require agencies to identify positions that have been vacant for 180 days, report them to the Legislature and eliminate positions that have been vacant more than 365 days if the agency had budgeted for but not filled the slot. "This RS deals with vacant positions in our state agencies," Moyle said. He described the companion provision requiring agencies to disclose…
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