Appropriations – Week of Jan. 25, 2010

STAFF CONTACT:  Theresa Kehoe

SF 2088 – State Government Reorganization & Efficiency Act

COMMITTEE ACTION:

SF 2088 is referred to as the State Government Reorganization and Efficiency Act. 

Highlights include:

• Establishing “e-government” technology efficiencies and consolidation.
• Increasing government buying power by expanding group and cooperative purchasing agreements.
• Eliminating and/or merging numerous advisory commissions and state agencies.
• Reducing state printing by moving toward electronic documents.
• Expanding online training.
• Streamlining and improving government efficiencies, resulting in savings to Iowa taxpayers.
• Reducing middle-management positions by increasing supervisor to worker ratios (span of control).
• Expanding ways to recover revenue owed to state government.
• Improving the Area Education Agency (AEA) system by increasing transparency, efficiency and value to Iowa schools and students.
• Improving the efficiency and continuity of services and oversight of Iowa’s Community Empowerment program. [1/27:  13-8; Bartz, Bolkcom, Hatch, McCoy absent]