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EXPLANATION: Require the DOT to review the outsourcing of consultants and provide an internal audit report on outsourcing to members of the General Assembly by December 1, 2013.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 84,
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, page 447, after line 13, by adding
an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ (DOT: Evaluation of Outsourcing) The Department of
Transportation shall conduct a review to determine workforce
requirements and analyze the amount of outsourcing utilized by
the department in order to determine the feasible level of
outsourcing given the fiscally constrained environment.
Additionally, the deparment's Office of Chief Internal Auditor
shall conduct an audit of outsourcing, the scope of which shall
include at least an analysis of the process of how and when the
agency determines it needs to outsource a function. Both the
audit findings and the review shall be used to provide a
combined report to the Department of Transportation Highway
Commission and the General Assembly no later than December 1,
2013./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.