Monday, July 18, 2011

New Committee to Identify Government Waste

House Bill 642 which was passed this last legislative session by a vote of 70 to 27 provides;
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE ON EFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT; PROVIDING FOR MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES AND A TERMINATION DATE.
This interim committee consists of 3 Democrats and 3 Republicans which are charged with finding waste and inefficiencies in the State budget were some government costs could be trimmed. The fiscal note for this bill is $100,000 and it is thought by some that there are hundreds of thousands of dollars being spent that could be saved. The committee is charged with seeking out waste in 4 specific areas; budgeting, health care, technology and natural resources. The committee’s first meeting is to be held August 22-23. Anyone with any ideas for something that is laden with waste and inefficiencies send Chairman Jon Sonju an e-mail at sonjumt@yahoo.com

Thanks to the Montana Watchdog for pointing us towards this story.

2 comments:

  1. How about they start with just shrinking some staff that are spending their days twiddling their thumbs?

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  2. I got one for them

    How about cutting the DOT guys that here in Havre tormenting the truckers because they are close to harvest? Have you seen the number of DOT enforcement pickups staying at local motels? They are just waiting to ticket hard working people that happen to drive trucks for a living

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