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Transparency Generates Trust. Utahns trust their state government 75 %. TRANSPARENCY = ACCOUNTABILITY. NATIONWIDE 62 % Trust state government 19 % Trust federal government 25 % Believe Obama has lived up to promised transparency
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Transparency Generates Trust Utahns trust their state government 75%
TRANSPARENCY = ACCOUNTABILITY NATIONWIDE • 62%Trust state government • 19%Trust federal government • 25% Believe Obama has lived up to promised transparency • 73% Believe current administration to be less transparent than others
UTAH IS LEADING 2008 Transparency Advisory Board created 2009 Transparent.Utah.Gov 2012 Expanded board oversight to include all public data 2014 Open.Utah.Gov – Statewide data portal • Financial data • Public records repository • GRAMA portal
TRANSPARENCY SAVES MONEY $13 savings per online transaction
THE WAY OF THE FUTURE • USOE & State Tax Commission save $15,000/year on time saved from reduced GRAMA requests • Information requests fulfilled by transparency website rather than by a state employee saves $750-$1,000 • Increases efficiency • Empowers citizens
SB269 Annual Leave Program II for State Employees
ANNUAL LEAVE OVERVIEW • Current Environment: • $110M of unfunded leave (3.1M hours) • Leave is funded when used, not when earned • Sequestration Furlough Issue: • An employee should expect that the money to pay their leave is set aside and available for them when they need it • Who should pay: • An employee accrues leave in one agency, then transfers to another before taking it • New agency ends up paying the bill for leave earned somewhere else
ANNUAL LEAVE OBJECTIVE Creates New Fiscal Responsibility Framework: • By 2016, newly accrued leave will be funded when earned • Funding placed in a trust fund for employees • Also, begin to fund the existing unfunded liability • Various approaches • Example: Smoothed LIFO • By 2018, 60% of the liability will be funded • By 2040, 95% of the liability will be funded • No change from the employee perspective