Governor's Commission on Efficiency, Consolidation, and Funding

摘要

On October 23, 2003, Governor Bob Riley signed an executive order officially creating the Governors Commission on Efficiency, Consolidation, and Funding (the Commission), a panel designed to find ways for General Fund and other noneducation agencies to cope with the on-going fiscal crisis in state government.The Commission and its subcommittees established six criteria with which to evaluate each of the areas under their consideration. These six points were: (1) Identification of redundant or ineffective services$ (2) Identification of opportunities to streamline state services$ (3) Identification of better uses of technology$ (4) Identification of better management tools$ (5) Identification of better utilization of existing revenue sources$ and, (6) Identification of laws (if any) that could be changed to bring greater efficiency to the management of state agencies or departments. Identifying potential sources of new tax revenue was not part of the Commissions efforts based on the charge from Governor Riley at the Commissions initial meeting.