Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-151

GOV 151

Office of Performance, Accountability and Transparency

Mr. Eldridge moved that the proposed new text be amended by striking out item 1100-1201 and inserting in place thereof the following item:-

“1100-1201 For the operation of the office of commonwealth performance, accountability and transparency; provided, that the activities funded from this item may include, but not be limited to, the operations and maintenance of a performance management program, maximization of federal revenue opportunities and oversight of compliance with federal reporting requirements including the implementation and oversight of the Federal Financial Accountability and Transparency Act, section 14C of chapter 7 of the General Laws, and other statewide transparency initiatives to enhance program integrity and ongoing efforts to prevent fraud, waste and abuse throughout the executive branch………………………………………………………………$400,000”;

and by inserting after section 13 the following section:-

“SECTION 13A. Said chapter 7 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 4F the following section:-

Section 4F 1/2. There shall be established and set up a separate account, to be known as the Commonwealth Performance, Accountability, and Transparency Trust , in this section called the trust. The secretary of administration and finance shall expend funds in the trust without further appropriation to support the purposes of the office of commonwealth performance, accountability and transparency, established by paragraph (e) of section 4A. The comptroller shall annually transfer to the trust, from the indirect costs charged under section 5D of chapter 29, an amount determined by the secretary for these purposes, not exceeding $500,000 plus the one-time costs of any technology determined by the secretary.”