2013 Budget Solution Task Force Report

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GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ACTION REQUEST

DATE: October 9 , 20 13ROM : Agency Dept. Government Operations Agency

Conta ct : Nancy Farias, Dep uty Secre tary, Legislation

Phone : 91 6 651 -9373

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Fi rs t report from the Budget Solutions Task Force.

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G O V ER N O R 'S OFFICE A C TI O N R E Q U ES T

TO: N ancy M cFadden Executive Secretary

Office o Governor Edmund G Brown Jr.

F R O M : M arybel Batjer Secretary

Government Operations Agency

Ju lie Chapman Director

C ali fornia Department o Human Reso urces

M ichael Cohen DirectorDepartm ent o Finance

D A TE: October 4 2013

SU BJECT: B udget Solutions Task Force

Request for A pp roval In formationa l

S U M M A R Y : The Sid e Letter to the SE IU M emorandum o U nderstanding dated June 21 2012 was

negotiated to ass ist the State in ach ieving 20 12-2013 Budget Savings to state em ployee compensation. The

B udget Solutions Task Force w as created during th is neg oti at ion. The purpose o th e task force is to identify

savings by the reduction o the use o contractors and co ntract em ploye es w ho currently perform work w hich

could be performed by state employees . T h e t ask fo rce will issue reports making recommend at io ns re garding

their findings w ith re spect to w hich contracts ma y be cancelled or re duced by th e State as a budget so lution . The

first report is attached . SEIU C al R D O F an d DGS committee m embers have a ll approved th is report.

tj er cretary

nt Ope at ions A gency

V \ : Y ~ ~ Michael Cohen Director

Departm ent o F inance



MEMORANDUM

A ttached p lease f ind the pertinent sect ion of the Side Lette r to the SEIU

Memorandum of Understanding dated June 21 2012 which established the

B udge t Solu tions Task Force.

The task force met mul t ip le t imes with the l isted departments to review

vendor contracts . s a result of the meetings and reviews the task force has

compl eted their f irs t joint r eport .

The task force members are l isted below :

SEIU Par t i c ipan ts State P ar t icipants

M iguel Cord ova Stephen Booth

Kimber ly Co w art A m y H inchee

Jana Ellingson Pam M anwiller

Marie arder K oreen Martone

Margar i ta M aldonado M ark Veatch

Jack McGlinn David Zocchett i

The committee eagerly awaits your feedback on this report

~ P m M anwiller CalHR

Vice resident of Bargaining Deputy Director of Labor

ov rnor m und G Brown, Jr. I ecretary Government Operations Agency M arybel Batj er

Direc tor Jul ie Chapman I Chi ef Deputy Director H oward Schwartz

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UDGET SOLUT ONS T SK FORCEGENERAL ISSUES OBSERVATIONS ND RECOMMENDATIONS

• pdate State s Desired Qualifications for Tech-

nical and Professional Classifications - The

state o ften us s externa l contr ctors because

it is un ble to recruit state emp loyees w ith the

n ece ssary skil l s and experience. The state s

desired qu lific tions for technic l and profes-

s ional c las s if ic tions should be re viewed and

if necessary upd ted nd ligned with c urrent

industry standards. A more robust effort m y

he lp t o re c ru it st ff in technic l a reas includ in g

more p rtnersh ips wi t h co l le ges.



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UDGET SOLUT ONS T SK FOR E

ON LUSION

Much work needs to be done to continue iden

tifying potentia l savings from contracting and

uti l iz ing c iv l serv ice st a ff. During the f irst fi ve

months of the Ta sk F o rce s activities on ly a sm a ll

samp ling of contracts were rev iew ed , so the

recommenda t ion s above wi ll need to be refined

or expan ded as the process cont in ues. At th is

early stage of the Ta sk F orce s effo rt s there may

be opportunities for improving the contracting

system and possib ly reduc ing the state s costs .

Th e sta te cou ld consider effort s to create more

transparency in the contracting process, improve

training of current state staff in the areas of con

tracting and cont ract management. better util ize

ex ist in g staff t hrough too ls l ike in -hou se registr ies,

and upg rade desired qua l if icat ions and ski lls of

the s ta t e s te chn ica l staff. The next steps for the

Task Force wi ll be to evaluate whether the trends

observed so fa r a re evident across t h e wide spec -

trum of state cont racts determine whether there

are other areas where there can be improvemen tsconsis tent with the charge of the Ta sk Fo rc e, a nd

fi na l ly deve lop a comprehens ive report of the

gr ou p s findings .

Task Force Mem bers

Pam M anwill er, Margarita M ald onado Mark Ve -

atch Jana El l ingson , Stephen Boo th , Miguel

Cordova David Zocchet ti, K imberly Cowart Ko-

reen Martone Jack M cG l inn, Amy H in chee, M ari e

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