PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 171

9-1807.

The [Commission] COUNCIL shall:

[(1) for purposes of realizing cost efficiency, identify programs and subunits
within governmental units that could be reorganized from the standpoint of merging,
modifying, or eliminating, including recommendations for a concomitant reduction or
shifting of personnel;

(2)     to reduce unnecessary expenditures without compromising the quality of
service delivery or threatening the health, welfare, and well-being of the citizens of the
State, encourage the development of proposals for the privatization of selected public
services and determine the extent to which the delivery of public services could be
competitively bid with the private sector;

(3)     assess the costs and benefits of existing State mandates imposed on
governmental units and of proposals for helping to mitigate the fiscal implications of the
mandates;

(4)     study the operations of and services provided by governmental units in
order to develop new mechanisms and procedures to control the costs and efficiency of
the governmental units;

(5)     to facilitate its study of the operations and services of a governmental
unit, examine the nonprivileged records and other data of the governmental unit in
relevant areas of interest to the Commission, including data that relates to:

(i)     contracting and purchasing policies;

(ii)    organizational structure;

(iii)   budget and finance; and

(iv)    personnel policies and practices;

(6)     encourage the business community to provide innovative suggestions for
improving the managerial efficiency and cost efficiency of the operations of governmental
units;

(7)     ascertain and encourage the use of services that could be made available
from the public and private higher education academic community to assist State agencies
in research, problem solving, and related assistance as a viable alternative to contracting
with the private sector;

(8)     identify alternative ways and means by which specific operations of
governmental units could become fiscally self-sustaining;

(9)     develop proposals to set performance standards for government
programs whereby heads of governmental units are responsible for:

(i) establishing performance goals that are incorporated into the
annual State budget; and

(ii) reporting annually on the realization of the goals;
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