SB 195 Summary

• Amends the Office of Management and Budget director's duties to include advising the governor on business process improvements and state agency accountability.

• Repeals the requirement to publish strategic and performance plan progress information on the Governor's website, and eliminates the office's internal audit function.

• Creates new statute AS 44.19.146 requiring state agencies to cooperate with the director, provide requested information, and make agency leadership available for consultation.

• Expands office duties to include tracking agency performance, providing cost-effectiveness data to policymakers, promoting process improvement strategies, and coordinating implementation of legislative audit recommendations.

• Takes effect January 1, 2025, and defines "performance" as an agency's ability to achieve objectives and deliver services efficiently, and "state agency" to include executive branch departments and entities like the University of Alaska and Alaska Railroad Corporation.