NEW S.C. HOUSE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES AN
ONLINE SURVEY SEEKING CITIZENS’ INPUT ON FIRST FIVE AGENCIES UNDER STUDY BY THE COMMITTEE
Comptroller General’s office, Department of Transportation, First Steps to School Readiness, Department of Social Services, and Department of Juvenile Justice
Columbia, SC - Speaker Jay Lucas and the South Carolina House of Representatives’ Legislative Oversight Committee are pleased to announce an online survey seeking citizens’ input on the first five agencies under study by the Committee. The first five agencies under study by this House Committee are the Comptroller General’s office, Department of Transportation, First Steps to School Readiness, Department of Social Services, and Department of Juvenile Justice. Citizens are encouraged to take the survey, which provides an opportunity to share with the Committee any comments, concerns or suggestions citizens may have about these five agencies. To take the survey, go to www.statehouse.gov, click on the “Citizens’ Interest” tab on the top row, then click on the “House Legislative Oversight” link. The survey will be available until May 31, 2015, and citizens may contact the Committee anytime to share comments, concerns or suggestions about state agencies.
Input and observations from those citizens who choose to provide responses are important to the Members of the House Legislative Oversight Committee because they may help direct the Committee to potential areas for improvement with these agencies. The Committee’s vision is for South Carolina agencies to become, and continuously remain, the most effective state agencies in the country through processes which eliminate waste and efficiently deploy resources thereby creating greater confidence in state government.
The specific task of the House Legislative Oversight Committee is to conduct legislative oversight studies on agencies at least once every seven years. The purpose of a legislative oversight study is to determine if agency laws and programs are being implemented and carried out in accordance with the intent of the General Assembly and whether or not they should be continued, curtailed or even eliminated. Also, the Committee recognizes that a legislative oversight study of an agency serves the purpose of informing the public about an agency. Any legislator may file legislation, which will go through the normal legislative process, to implement recommendations this Committee may have relating to the agencies being studied.
When: May 1 until May 31
Where: Online; from home, school or public library
The link to take the survey is https://www.research.net/s/HouseLegislativeOversightCommitte1
Invited: Entire public and agency personnel are encourage to take the survey
Suggestions for additional ways to inform the public about this survey and the House Legislative Oversight Committee’s process are welcomed.
