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Department proposes assigning small regulatory programs to board staff to reduce deficit; board seeks safeguards
Summary
Department of Commerce & Insurance told the board it plans to assign several small regulatory programs to the board’s executive director and staff to realize about $60,000 in annual savings; board members asked for monitoring of scope creep and assurances staff capacity will remain.
A Department of Commerce & Insurance representative told the Tennessee State Board of Accountancy the department plans to assign three small regulatory programs to the board's executive director and staff to reduce an operating deficit, a proposal that board members supported with reservations about monitoring and workload.
Assistant Commissioner Reid Witcher told the board the board had been operating in the red for three consecutive years and that the department plans to begin assigning work for some small regulatory programs to…
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