Good news: NV government getting a little smaller

It's a start.

Gov. Brian Sandoval today agreed to eliminate 18 executive branch committees, councils and advisory panels as recommended by a task force, including the clearly outdated State Year 2000 Coordinating Council, among others. ...

The 18 committees, councils, commissions and task forces Sandoval will eliminate are:

• The Nevada Interagency Council on Homelessness;
• The Strategic Plan for People with Disabilities Accountability Committee;
• The Strategic Plan for Rural Health Care Accountability Committee;
• The Strategic Plan for Senior Services Accountability Committee;
• Governor's Advisory Committee on Radiation Effects;
• Governor's Management Task Force;
• Nevada Commission on Minority Business Enterprises;
• Governor's Word Processing Committee;
• Governor's Task Force on Employment Training;
• Governor's Small Business Council;
• Governor's Literacy Coalition Advisory Council;
• Governor's Committee on Volunteers and Volunteering;
• Information Services Policy Committee;
• Commission on Workplace Safety and Community Protection;
• State Year 2000 Coordinating Council;
• Governor's Appeal Hearings Board for State of Nevada's Self-Funded Insurance Program;
• Silver Source Steering Committee; and
• Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities.

The panels recommended to continue under new executive orders with new expiration dates and new reporting requirements are:

• The 2-1-1 Partnership;
• The Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorder;
• The Nevada Broadband Task Force;
• The Nevada Communications Steering Committee;
• The Nevada Crime Commission;
• The Nevada Homeland Security Working Group;
• The Nevada Re-Entry Task Force; and
• The State Citizens Corps Council.

Props to Sandoval for actually taking a concrete step to reduce government. Eighteen down - hundreds and hundreds of million in state spending to go.

Posted by: Victor Joecks on Thursday, July 14, 2011

Tags: Brian Sandoval, smaller government