Bill Text: PA HR330 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: A Concurrent Resolution establishing a center for government innovation, to be identified as the Pennsylvania 4.0 Team, comprised of public and private sector leaders of this Commonwealth to assess the operation of State agencies and the administration of State programs with a focus on evaluating and potentially restructuring how services are delivered, identifying innovative cost savings, improving customer service, streamlining government operations, redirecting as appropriate functions and job creation opportunities to the private sector and transitioning the Commonwealth into a more fiscally sustainable structure of government.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 34-2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-24 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HR330 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR330-Amended.html

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2034, 2117 PRINTER'S NO. 2162
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 330 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, BEAR, MUSTIO, AUMENT, BENNINGHOFF, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DAY, DENLINGER, FARRY, GABLER, GEIST, GINGRICH, GRELL, HAHN, HEFFLEY, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, KNOWLES, MAJOR, MILLER, MILNE, OBERLANDER, PASHINSKI, PERRY, PICKETT, QUINN, REED, ROCK, ROSS, SWANGER, TOEPEL, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND GALLOWAY, JUNE 7, 2011
AS AMENDED, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 21, 2011
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing a center for government innovation, to be
identified as the Pennsylvania 4.0 Team, comprised of public
and private sector leaders of this Commonwealth to assess the
operation of State agencies and the administration of State
programs with a focus on evaluating and potentially
restructuring how services are delivered, identifying
innovative cost savings, improving customer service,
streamlining government operations, redirecting as
appropriate functions and job creation opportunities to the
private sector and transitioning the Commonwealth into a more
fiscally sustainable structure of government.
WHEREAS, The current economic conditions have reduced
revenues coming into Commonwealth coffers; and
WHEREAS, The current economic conditions have similarly
affected households in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Many Pennsylvania families are faced with
maintaining a household, putting food on the table, paying bills
and preparing for the future with a reduced income due to
unemployment, underemployment and wage stagnation; and
WHEREAS, Likewise, the Commonwealth must provide State
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services, meet its financial obligations and prepare for the
future with reduced revenues; and
WHEREAS, All State officials, executive, legislative and
judicial, have a fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers for State
government to operate in the most efficient and effective
manner, and to provide a better return on their hard-earned tax
dollars; and
WHEREAS, Citizens generally desire government to be smaller,
more modest in its ambitions and competent in its implementation
of services; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth's revenue shortfalls have caused
many State officials to seek new ways to work with existing
funds; and
WHEREAS, Over the past several years, specific proposals for
containing and cutting costs, eliminating fraud in government
programs and finding new sources of revenue have been explored
by members of the General Assembly in the context of budget
preparations and negotiations; and
WHEREAS, There should be an organized bipartisan effort to
determine ways in which government can be made more efficient
and effective; therefore be it
RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the House of
Representatives establish the Pennsylvania 4.0 Team, which shall
be comprised of leaders from the public and private sectors and
be created to assess Commonwealth government operations using
the experience of other states and private enterprise in an
effort to propose changes that will reduce the cost, size and
scope of government; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Pennsylvania 4.0 Team propose innovative
public management strategies through partnerships with public,
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private and philanthropic entities; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Pennsylvania 4.0 Team serve as a resource
to State agencies for transforming their operations; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Pennsylvania 4.0 Team recommendations
include those which:
(1) Reduce costs.
(2) Increase efficiency.
(3) Increase effectiveness.
(4) Consolidate like functions.
(5) Eliminate fraud and waste.
(6) Streamline government operations.
(7) Redirect functions and job creation opportunities to
the private sector.
(8) Eliminate functions as necessary.
(9) Identify other structural and cultural changes
needed to transform Commonwealth operations into a more
fiscally sustainable structure of government;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Pennsylvania 4.0 Team Governance Board
shall be comprised of the following members:
(1) Five members to be appointed by the Governor, with
at least three appointments being members of the general
public and with one of the public members to be appointed as
chairman.
(2) Four members to be appointed by the Majority Leader
of the Senate, with no more than two members being
governmental officials or employees and with one member to be
appointed as vice chairman.
(3) Four members to be appointed by the Majority Leader
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of the House of Representatives, with no more than two
members being governmental officials or employees and with
one member to be appointed as vice chairman.
(4) Two Three members to be appointed by the Minority <--
Leader of the Senate, with no more than one member being a
governmental official or employee.
(5) Two Three members to be appointed by the Minority <--
Leader of the House of Representatives, with no more than one
member being a governmental official or employee;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That these appointments shall be made within 30
days of the approval of this resolution by the Senate and the
House of Representatives; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Pennsylvania 4.0 Team shall seek private
funding, provide quarterly progress updates and submit annually
a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and
the General Assembly by January 15, 2012, for fiscal year
2011-2012 and by November 30, 2012, for fiscal year 2012-2013;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Pennsylvania 4.0 Team shall work in
cooperation with Team PA Foundation, a public/private
partnership and 501(c)(3) corporation not-for-profit that
operates independent of the Commonwealth, focused on business
growth, education/workforce development and government
efficiency initiatives; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this resolution expire and the Pennsylvania
4.0 Team cease to exist November 30, 2012.
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