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Legislative task force opens, lays out duties, rules and scope for efficiency review
Summary
The newly formed Legislative Government Efficiency Task Force met for its inaugural session to establish scope, reporting rules and staff support. Members emphasized transparency, outcomes and a focus on program evaluation and statutory changes to improve government efficiency.
The Legislative Government Efficiency Task Force convened its inaugural meeting to review its statutory duties, internal rules and early priorities, including quarterly agency reviews, program evaluation and submitting a final interim report to Legislative Management.
The Task Force was created by legislation and is charged with meeting at least once each quarter, reviewing and analyzing Executive Branch and Supreme Court budgets and reports, receiving agency testimony, identifying duplicative programs and regulations, and recommending program and statutory changes to improve efficiency and outcomes for the next Legislative Assembly.
Levi Kanishitzky, fiscal staff at Legislative Council, summarized the committee's procedural framework and gave members an overview of the rules that will govern the Task Force’s work. "Just as a quick housekeeping item, at the first meeting of every legislative…
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