Enrolled HB 243: Establishing state agency program performance management and audit powers in the Office of the Governor for the evaluation of agency programs.
00Enrolled HB 243 01 Establishing state agency program performance management and audit powers in the Office 02 of the Governor for the evaluation of agency programs. 03 _______________ 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.