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Committee: | House Government Efficiency and Reform | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Subjects: | Accenture LLP | Administrative Hearings, State Office of | Competitive bidding | Design/build process | Government transparency | Health and Human Services Commission, Texas | IBM | Identity requirements | Information Resources, Texas Department of | Local government contracts | Occupational licenses | Privatization | Roofing | Rules and regulations | Social media | State agencies | State government contracts | State purchasing | Texas State Data Center | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.82 G747r | |
Session: | 82nd R.S. (2011) | |
Online version: | View report [161 pages] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Examine and make recommendations on purchasing cooperatives created under Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, including the bid process and the role of inter-local contracts. Clarify for consistency the following terms: purchasing cooperatives, inter-local contracts, and inter-local agreements. | |
2. | Examine the utilization of alternative project delivery methods, such as design-build and construction-manager-at-risk, by municipalities, water districts, and authorities, and other local governmental entities since the passage of HB 1886, 80th Legislature. | |
3. | Examine interagency agreements and charges for providing information or personal identification documents at the request of a state agency to fulfill day-to-day operations at the expense of the requesting state agency. | |
4. | Examine areas of potential privatization of state services in an effort to achieve a higher level of service and greater efficiency for Texas taxpayers. (Joint with the House Committee on State Affairs) | |
5. | Examine state agency rulemaking and consider ways to improve procedural efficiencies and public transparency, and to better inform policymakers as to their use, purpose, and cost-effectiveness, including an examination of the financial and other impacts such regulations have on both the license holder and the public. (Joint with the House Committee on State Affairs) | |
6. | Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 82nd Legislature. | |
7. | Find ways to increase transparency, accountability and efficiency in state government. | |
Supporting documents | ||
Committee: | House Government Efficiency and Reform | |
Title: | Hearing materials, July 11, 2012, House Committee on State Affairs and Government Efficiency and Reform, Testimony on interim charge 4 (privatize services) | |
Library Catalog Title: | Minutes | |
Library Call Number: | L1801.9 ST29H 2012: JUL 11 | |
Session: | 82nd R.S. (2011) | |
Online version: | View document [108 pages File size: 14,630 kb] |
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