Iowa efficiency effort not touching most boards
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The state plans to eliminate at least 13
boards and commissions as part of a cost-cutting government
reorganization measure, but don't look for that move to pay off in
much savings.
Officials say most of the panels being closed rarely met and ran
up few expenses. Few of the state's 181 advisory committees will be
touched, and no paid staff people will lose their jobs due to
eliminating the panels.
Gov. Chet Culver is set to sign the measure Wednesday,
eliminating the boards as part of an efficiency plan that also
centralizes purchasing and computer system, merges some smaller
agencies and streamlines larger departments. Officials estimate the
measure will save $127 million annually, but little of that will
come from the boards and commissions.
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