00                   CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 243(STA)(efd fld S)                                                             
01 "An Act establishing state agency program performance management and audit powers                                       
02 in the Office of the Governor for the evaluation of agency programs."                                                   
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 37.07.040 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
05                 (10)  establish and administer a state agency program performance                                       
06       management system involving planning, performance budgeting, performance                                          
07       measurement, and program evaluation; the office shall ensure that information                                     
08       generated under this system is useful for managing and improving the efficiency and                               
09       effectiveness of agency operations.                                                                               
10    * Sec. 2.  AS 44.19.145(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
11                 (12)  conduct internal audits of agencies and programs within the                                       
12       executive branch of state government.                                                                             
13    * Sec. 3.  AS 44.19 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
14            Sec. 44.19.147.  Internal audit records.  The office shall keep a complete file                            
01       of internal audit reports resulting from audits conducted under AS 44.19.145(a), and a                            
02       complete file of the internal audit work papers and other related supportive material.                            
03       Internal audit work papers and other related supportive material are confidential, and                            
04       internal audit reports are confidential until released by the governor.  However,                                 
05       internal audit work papers and other related supportive material containing                                       
06       information, data, estimates, and statistics obtained during the course of an audit                               
07       conducted under AS 44.19.145(a) may be kept confidential only to the extent required                              
08       by law applicable to the agency from which the material is or was obtained.