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Committee considers two-year pilot for legislative accountability work under H.67
Summary
Testimony at the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee recommended a small, two-year pilot—hosted by the Joint Fiscal Committee or Joint Fiscal Office—to test methods and metrics for H.67 rather than immediately standing up the larger program in the bill. Cost, roles, and legal support were flagged as open questions.
The Government Operations & Military Affairs committee heard testimony on H.67 on Feb. 26 as lawmakers considered how best to build legislative accountability capacity. Catherine Ben of the Joint Fiscal Office recommended a limited pilot—using established JFO review templates and the existing Joint Fiscal Committee—rather than implementing the full program contemplated in the current draft of the bill.
Ben told the committee the JFO’s earlier model of hiring a short-term consultant to analyze IT projects offers a practical template: start with a single, manageable study, use a repeatable eight-question review format, and test the structure for two years. She estimated the cost of a single…
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