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The Commission may contract with a United States-based private management consulting firm to conduct the efficiency and effectiveness review and assessment. Such contract shall be pursuant to a fixed price contract and shall not provide for any payment resulting from the implementation of any recommendations of the review.B\n\nThe purpose of the review and assessment shall be to provide an objective and independent cost-savings assessment of the Commonwealth’s organizational structure and its programs in order to provide information to the Governor and the General Assembly to effect savings in expenditures, a reduction in duplication of effort, and programmatic efficiencies in the operation of state government. Any review and assessment conducted pursuant to this section shall take into consideration the results of any prior studies, audits, or reviews conducted by the Commission, the General Assembly or the Auditor of Public Accounts, any Governor-appointed commission or like entity, or any other independent entity that addressed the structure and operation of state government and identified monetary savings or efficiencies leading to a reduction in costs or reduced duplication of effort.C\n\nThe Commission shall submit a report to the General Assembly on the results of any review and assessment by December 1 of the year in which such review is conducted.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":259529,"text":"In addition to the review and evaluation of state entities pursuant to the Legislative Program Review and Evaluation Act (§ 30-65 et seq.), the Commission may establish an operational and programmatic efficiency and effectiveness review and assessment of any state departments, agencies, and programs. 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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 726<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71940,"section_number":"30-65","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-65\/"}],"permalink":{"id":201021,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72024,"identifier":"30-61.1","token":"30\/7\/30-61.1","url":"\/30-61.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-61.1\/","token":"30\/7\/30-61.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Operational and programmatic efficiency and effectiveness reviews","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-61.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In addition to the review and evaluation of state entities pursuant to the Legislative Program Review and Evaluation Act (§ 30-65<\/a> et seq.), the Commission may establish an operational and programmatic efficiency and effectiveness review and assessment of any state departments, agencies, and programs. The Commission may contract<\/span> with a United States-based private management consulting firm to conduct the efficiency and effectiveness review and assessment. Such contract<\/span> shall be pursuant to a fixed price contract<\/span> and shall not provide for any payment resulting from the implementation of any recommendations of the review. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The purpose of the review and assessment shall be to provide an objective and independent cost-savings assessment of the Commonwealth’s organizational structure and its programs in order<\/span> to provide information to the Governor and the General Assembly to effect savings in expenditures, a reduction in duplication of effort, and programmatic efficiencies in the operation of state government. Any review and assessment conducted pursuant to this section shall take into consideration the results of any prior studies, audits, or reviews conducted by the Commission, the General Assembly or the Auditor of Public Accounts, any Governor-appointed commission or like entity, or any other independent entity that addressed the structure and operation of state government and identified monetary savings or efficiencies leading to a reduction in costs or reduced duplication of effort. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Commission shall submit a report to the General Assembly on the results of any review and assessment by December 1 of the year in which such review is conducted. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPERATIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS REVIEWS (\u00a7 30-61.1)\n\nA. In addition to the review and evaluation of state entities pursuant to the\nLegislative Program Review and Evaluation Act (§ 30-65 et seq.), the\nCommission may establish an operational and programmatic efficiency and\neffectiveness review and assessment of any state departments, agencies, and\nprograms. The Commission may contract with a United States-based private\nmanagement consulting firm to conduct the efficiency and effectiveness review\nand assessment. Such contract shall be pursuant to a fixed price contract and\nshall not provide for any payment resulting from the implementation of any\nrecommendations of the review.\n\nB. The purpose of the review and assessment shall be to provide an objective and\nindependent cost-savings assessment of the Commonwealth’s organizational\nstructure and its programs in order to provide information to the Governor and\nthe General Assembly to effect savings in expenditures, a reduction in\nduplication of effort, and programmatic efficiencies in the operation of state\ngovernment. Any review and assessment conducted pursuant to this section shall\ntake into consideration the results of any prior studies, audits, or reviews\nconducted by the Commission, the General Assembly or the Auditor of Public\nAccounts, any Governor-appointed commission or like entity, or any other\nindependent entity that addressed the structure and operation of state\ngovernment and identified monetary savings or efficiencies leading to a\nreduction in costs or reduced duplication of effort.\n\nC. The Commission shall submit a report to the General Assembly on the results\nof any review and assessment by December 1 of the year in which such review is\nconducted.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 726.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}