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Informational briefing: lawmaker urges review of ‘semi‑independent’ agencies; DAS director highlights patchwork oversight
Summary
Representative David Gomberg outlined a bill to bring several semi‑independent agencies into the normal budgeting process for greater oversight; Betsy Heimholt, director of the Department of Administrative Services, described varied rules across agencies and urged system‑level thinking.
Representative David Gomberg and Betsy Heimholt, director of the Department of Administrative Services, gave an informational briefing to the House Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection about a proposal to reconsider how semi‑independent state agencies are budgeted and overseen.
Gomberg said the Legislative Fiscal Office’s biannual report showed a group of agencies that do not follow the same budgeting and accounting process as other state agencies.…
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