State report says Texas has too many reports
AUSTIN ‚Äö√Ñ√Æ The Texas State Library and Archives Commission is declaring there are too many state reports. It says so in a 668-page report. The project took 18 months and included the commission’s small team canvassing more than 170 agencies, and public colleges and universities, checking on all the reports they are assigned to do. In the past, the state regularly compiled a list of about 400 reports that agencies were required by the Legislature to produce. But the commission found more than 1,600, and state records administrator Michael Heskett is pretty sure his team hasn’t found them all. Heskett’s initial findings indicate more than 400 report requirements are obsolete, duplicative or not needed as frequently as currently required.
Yes, there are certainly things I miss about Texas. High on that list is politics, which in Texas is not only a blood sport, but it’s also highly entertaining to boot. How many other state governments would issue (with nary a hint of irony) a report to disclose the stunning, ground-breaking news that the state government issues too many reports?
Uh…say what??
Yeah, you heard that right. When all y’all in the Lone Star State begin to wonder just what it is your tax dollars are paying for…well, there you have it, eh??
As if it wasn’t difficult enough wrapping your head around this taxpayer-funded cluster(&^%, the God of Irony checks in with this gem:
As for the commission’s massive report on reports, Heskett predicts it won’t go away.
“For the report to be effective, it must be ongoing,” he said.
And this, I suppose, is why we have bureaucrats. My God, I do believe my pointy li’l haid is ‘bout to ‘splode….
