HB3803: Relating to government efficiency; prescribing an effective date.

Legislative Summary

The Act directs DAS to write workforce plans and work with agencies to carry out those plans. The Act directs DAS to identify uniform terms and functions, and directs agencies to change rules to conform rules to the terms and functions that DAS has identified. The Act makes certain entities that get public funds file reports about the use of those funds. The Act creates a council to look at and seek changes in KPMs. The Act adds to the SOS audit section a team to focus on small public entities or public entities that have not been audited in at least 10 years. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). [Digest: The Act directs DAS to write workforce plans and work with agencies to carry out those plans. The Act creates a task force to identify uniform terms and functions and directs agencies to change rules to conform rules to the terms and functions the task force has identified. The Act creates a task force to look at and seek changes in KPMs. The Act adds to the SOS audit section teams to focus on small public entities and audits to enhance ROI. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.2).] Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to develop enterprise strategic workforce plans and to work with executive department agencies on implementation. Grants the department the authority to require agency-specific plan implementation and grants the department director the authority to exempt specific agencies from planning programs. [Establishes the Enterprise Definitions and Standards Task Force and authorizes the task force to adopt] Directs the department to develop enterprise-wide definitions and standards that are common among agency functions and to identify dormant or obsolete definitions and standards. Requires state agencies to make prospective conforming changes to agency rules. Authorizes the [task force] department to recommend proposed statutory changes to the Legislative Assembly. Sunsets the [task force] enterprise-wide definitions and standards effort on January 2, 2030. Establishes reporting requirements for public funds that are distributed by state agencies to private, nonprofit and nongovernmental entities. Provides direction [on the use of these reports, and alternative information,] to enhance transparency concerning the use of these funds. Establishes the Key Performance Measure [Task Force] Council to make recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of key performance measures in measuring performance-based outcomes and to achieve other outcomes. Creates the [small agency team and the economic impact team] specialist team of auditors within the Secretary of State's Division of Audits and directs that [each] the team be staffed by at least three auditors. Directs that the [small agency] team focus on conducting audits of small public entities [and that the economic impact team focus on conducting audits to maximize economic returns on investment] or public entities that have not been audited in at least 10 years. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.