N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4.27

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 18, May 1, 2024

Section 4.27 - Executive order no. 27: establishing the office of management and productivity

WHEREAS, the continuing pressures on the State's financial plan required a concerted effort to increase productivity and enhance management approaches to controlling expenditures and maximizing revenues; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to assure that internal controls within and between State agencies meet uniformly high standards for safeguarding the State's finances and promoting efficient operations; and

WHEREAS, it is appropriate to utilize the talents and ideas of managers in both State government and the private sector to improve productivity, streamline procedures and modernize the administrative operations of State departments and agencies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Laws of the State of New York, do hereby establish, within the Executive Department, an office to be known as the Office of Management and Productivity.

I. Director and Staff

The office shall be headed by a director, entitled Special Assistant to the Governor for Management and Productivity. The director shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at his pleasure.

The director may request the temporary assignment of any State employee he deems necessary to carry out a specific project or other element of the office's mission.

II. Powers and Duties

After consultation with the Director of State Operations and the Director of the Budget, the office shall undertake special studies, analyses, research or other projects to meet specific management needs. These projects shall be designed to:

a. enhance government productivity by increasing agency output within current resource levels;

b. identify methods to streamline agency operating procedures and systems, with particular attention to opportunities for transfer of improvements among other agencies; and/or

c. apply modern business techniques in systems development, information processing and project management to enhance productivity.

The office shall take steps to develop a system of internal controls, within agencies as well as between operating and controls agencies, that provides reasonable assurance that agency operations, management practices and financial transactions are conducted in a manner that safeguards the State's finances, promotes efficient agency operations and minimizes opportunities for mismanagement of government funds.

The office shall communicate with the management of major corporations doing business in New York, to identify private sector management practices and innovations that could be applicable to State operations. This network shall also serve as a mechanism for recruiting on-loan private sector executives with special expertise to participate in management projects.

III. Advisory Council

There is also established a Management and Productivity Advisory Council, comprised of private sector executives, to provide general guidance and oversight of the activities of the office. The Council shall:

a. set an annual agenda or action plan for the office;

b. advise the office on proposed project workplans and methodologies;

c. review and approve project reports and recommendations;

d. assist the office's director in outreach to the private sector; and

e. oversee the development of a permanent system of internal management controls.

Members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Governor, and serve at his pleasure. They shall serve without salary, but shall be entitled to compensation for their necessary and reasonable expenses. The Governor shall designate a chairperson from among the Council members.

IV. Assistance of Other State Agencies

The head of each State agency shall designate a senior staff member to serve as liaison with the office. The agency liaison shall be responsible for coordinating the supply of staff, information or other assistance necessary to support the operation of the office.

V. Reports to the Governor

The office shall submit, on the 1st day of January, 1985, a report to the Governor, describing:

a. the major projects and actions taken in the past year; and

b. projects or objectives planned for the coming year, and the anticipated benefits or results of such actions.

The office shall submit, on the 1st day of January, 1986, a report to the Governor describing:

a. the actions and accomplishments of the office;

b. the major issues and concerns facing the State government in the areas of management and productivity; and

c. recommendations for addressing such concerns.

VI. Termination of the Office

This Order shall remain in effect until the 31st day of March, 1986.

Signed: Mario M. CuomoDated: October 18, 1983

[FN*] [Revoked and superseded by Executive Order No. 20 (George E. Pataki) § 5.20, supra.]

[FN[DAGGER]] [Revoked by Executive Order No. 5 (Eliot Spitzer), infra.]

[Revoked by Executive Order No. 9 (David A. Paterson), infra.]

[Revoked by Executive Order No. 2 (Andrew M. Cuomo), infra.]

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4.27