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LSO review finds IT dominance, steady personnel costs and recommends clearer coding and fee reviews
Summary
An LSO accountable‑budget review found legislative services’ IT costs make up about two‑thirds of its budget, recommended improved IT object‑coding, a turnover metric to replace a routine onboarding target, and review of printing/fee schedules after a $1 million returned appropriation.
The committee reviewed a Legislative Services Organization (LSO) accountable‑budget analysis that highlighted structure, expenditures and recommended procedural changes.
Mr. Allred presented the LSO review, describing the organizational structure, revenue and expenditure trends and areas for improvement. He said legislative services’ IT represents a large share of costs (about 66% of the office’s budget), and that the unit finished FY2025 with roughly $4,000,000 in carry‑forward non‑lapsing balances. LSO recommended using more consistent and granular object codes for IT expenses, replacing an onboarding performance measure (100% completed within three business days) with a turnover metric, and reviewing printing office fees for cost recovery after a one‑time $1,000,000 appropriation returned to the general fund.
Members asked operational questions (for example, about the Center for Constitutional Studies contract and postage/fee items sold through the printing office) and LSO committed to follow up as part of the ongoing accountable‑budget process.
What happens next: LSO will report back on fee reviews and proposed performance‑measure changes as part of its statutory reviews and recommendations to the legislature.
