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Governor urges lawmakers to approve government 'transformation,' cites $15 million in second‑year savings
Summary
Governor told the Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee that consolidating 42 departments into 15 and creating a Department of Shared Services and Transformation would improve service delivery, strengthen managerial oversight and yield an estimated $15,000,000 in savings in the second year, with roughly half in general revenues.
The governor told the Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee that a proposed reorganization of state government is “historic” and would yield both cost savings and better delivery of services. He said the administration has budgeted $15,000,000 in savings in the second year of the biennium and that about $7.5 million of that would be in general revenues.
The proposal would consolidate many agencies into 15 cabinet-level departments, create a Department of Shared Services and Transformation and establish a new Inspector General’s office, the governor said. “I believe that transformation of state government will be one of the landmark achievements of this…
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