BILL ANALYSIS �
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
AB 172 (Eng)
Hearing Date: 7/11/2011 Amended: 5/27/2011
As
proposed to be amended
Consultant: Bob Franzoia Policy Vote: G O 9-4
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BILL SUMMARY: AB 172 would require the California Technology
Agency (agency) to create and maintain a Reporting Transparency
in Government (RTG) Internet Web site. This bill would require,
subject to specified exemptions, state agencies to post
specified audits to that web site and would require the
Department of General Services (DGS), the agency, and other
state agencies to post specified summary data regarding
contracts awarded by the state to that web site. This bill
would also require the office of the Governor to post specified
financial statements and reports to that web site. This bill
would exempt certain constitutional officers from the
requirement of posting the information to the web site, if that
officer posts the required information to his or her official
web site.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Fund
Summary contract data Unknown, likely minor costs annually
inGeneral/
and information postingto any one fund while the RTG Executive
Special*
Orders are effective; likely minor long
term
costs
* Departmental costs; similar costs to the Technology Services
Revolving Fund, a reimbursement account
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STAFF COMMENTS: Executive Order S-08-09 required that with the
assistance of the Office of the Chief Information Officer
(OCIO), departments would do the following:
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- On June 4, 2009, post to the RTG web site audits dating back
to January 1, 2008 and department web pages thereby providing
easy access to audits of their operations.
- Starting June 12, 2009, post to the RTG web site financial and
programmatic audits that departments have done on their own
operations and audits that they have performed on other
government entities dating back to January 1, 2008.
- Starting June 19, 2009, DGS and the OCIO shall ensure that all
awarded contracts valued at $5,000 or more dating to March 2009,
shall be placed on RTG web site.
Executive Order S-20-09, required that in addition to audits,
state agencies and departments shall take immediate action to
post to the RTG web site program reviews, monitoring and
accountability reports, evaluations, inspections, assessments
and studies of their operations dating back to January 1, 2008,
performed by outside entities with oversight responsibility of
their operations, or performed on their own or that they have
performed on government entities and any other non-governmental
organizations (including non-profits, community based
organizations, or private sector companies)
that they monitor or oversee and who have received public funds.
Department web sites shall provide easy access to these
documents. Departments and agencies shall post future documents
to the RTG web site within 5 working days of finalization.
The Executive Orders were estimated to have minor, absorbable
costs. The provisions of this bill generally are similar to the
Executive Orders. Initial costs to establish the RTG have been
incurred and are not a fiscal effect of this bill. Ongoing
costs to all state entities and to the agency to post and
maintain the statutorily required information are not estimated
to exceed $50,000 annually from any one fund.
The Technology Services Revolving Fund was created to receive
all revenues from the sale of technology or technology services
to pay for the operating and other expenses of the OCIO and its
successor, the California Technology Agency, and costs
associated with approved information technology projects, and to
establish reserves.
Staff notes the proposed amendment (RN 22631) would exempt the
Insurance Commissioner from the requirement to post information
on Reporting Transparency in Government Internet Web site if,
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like the Lieutenant, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
Treasurer, and Controller, the officer posts the information on
his or her official Web site.