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Conferees weigh replacing granular 10-G reports with a project dashboard; agencies and auditors cited
Summary
Conference committee members reviewed a Senate proposal to replace the statutory 10-G project reports with a graphical dashboard produced by the Agency of Transportation (AOT); conferees discussed the different metrics, granularity tradeoffs and auditor prompting for better oversight.
Conference conferees reviewed a Senate amendment that would replace the long-established 10‑G project reports with a new graphical dashboard prepared by the Agency of Transportation (AOT) and discussed what oversight information would be lost or gained.
Legislative counsel Damien Leonard summarized the differences and said the change was prompted in part by an auditor’s report on cost overruns and project delays; the AOT proposed the dashboard as a less granular, more visual tracking tool. "The dashboard is a graphical representation of delays of more than 1 year or projects that have been delayed by more than 1 year from the preliminary plan completion date," Leonard said, adding that the dashboard emphasizes delays and a different set of cost‑overrun thresholds compared with the 10‑G reports.
Why it matters: The 10‑G reports list projects line by line — new projects, projects ended or halted, and detailed cost‑overage triggers — while the dashboard would provide a high‑level view that highlights projects delayed more than one year and those exceeding certain cost thresholds. Lawmakers debated whether the dashboard would obscure important, project‑level detail used for legislative oversight.
Details discussed
- Metrics: The dashboard would flag projects delayed more than one year and projects that are either $5,000,000 over or 50% over budget (whichever is less). The 10‑G reports examine a broader set of new and ended projects and multiple cost‑overage metrics (e.g., $5,000,000 or more than 75% over last year’s estimate; $10,000,000 or a percentage over preliminary plan estimate).
- Origins and intent: Conferees traced the idea to a Senate response to an auditor’s recent report on agency projects; AOT proposed dashboard language to improve monitoring.
- Oversight tradeoffs: House members emphasized that 10‑G reports are granular and have been amended in the past to respond to auditor findings; some legislators argued for at least a year of overlap if both tools are used.
Ending
Conferees did not adopt final language in the excerpted session; members signaled they wanted clarity about what the dashboard would include and whether the legislature would retain access to project‑level detail for oversight before removing the 10‑G reporting requirement.
