PRIVATIZATION

The 1999 Legislature passed statutory changes relating to the privatization of state services, and the Governor signed them into law.

The intent of this law change was to ensure that communication is occurring between agency management and employees that will be affected by changes in the way services are delivered.

Management needs to keep the employees informed about how program performance is rated - efficient / not efficient; cost effective / too costly; and so-forth, and about program changes that are under consideration by management. The employees can also express to management ways that program efficiency can be improved and/or program costs can be reduced.

The law changes are not meant to hinder efforts to manage your agency. If you have questions about this process, do not hesitate to contact the Office of State Finance.

This link will display the November 3, 1999 memo from OSF Budget Division, to agency managers.

There are four attachments in the memo:
1. a summary of the law changes;
2. an example of how the privatization / notification process might work for you;
3. suggested language to fulfill notification requirements of the bill;
4. the full text of SB 376.

Upcoming privatization related events:
None at this time.