Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-146

GOV 146

OFFICE OF PERFORMANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPARENCY

Messrs. Tarr, Hedlund, Knapik and Ross moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 1100-1100, by inserting after the end thereof the following:- “provided further, the office of the secretary shall execute a performance management program throughout the executive department including, within statutory limits for each agency: defining missions; creating measurable goals; establishing strategies for achieving those goals and relating them to budget development; monitor and review federal grant applications made on behalf of the commonwealth and coordinate efforts to maximize federal revenue opportunities and oversight of compliance with federal reporting requirements; ensure transparency of the commonwealth's administration and finance activities, including the operation of the searchable website required by section 14C of Chapter 56 of the Acts of 2010;establish and maintain a central intake unit for reports of fraud, waste and abuse; establish and maintain an economic forecasting and analysis unit to coordinate all spending and revenue forecasting by state agencies; perform duties for privatization contracts; reduce and simplify paperwork of state agencies and departments by adopting uniform forms or federal forms, if possible, when they are shorter than the corresponding state forms; implement and streamline electronic paperwork options to better facilitate public interaction with state agencies; and collaborate with other state agencies, authorities and other entities to carry out these purposes; provided further , that the secretary of administration and finance shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, on or before April 1, 2012, on transparency missions, measurable goals, and strategies for achieving goals in relation to budget development relative to performance, accountability and transparency; and provided further, the office of the secretary of administration and finance is unable to perform the performance management program within the amounts provided herein, the secretary shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means an analysis of the necessary appropriations to carry out all of the elements of said program no later than 60 days after the passage of this act.”

Mr. Tarr moved to further amend the bill, in section 2, by striking line item 1100-1201 in its entirety,

And moved that the bill be amended by striking out Sections 9, 12, and 13.