The California Performance Review

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• The California Performance Review
• or What I Did With What Would Have Been My Summer
  Vacation
• Presented by
• Billy Hamilton, Co-Executive Director
• California Performance Review
• October 1, 2004
• cpr.ca.gov

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The Challenges

• A budget crisisand more. . .
• A looming human capital crisis
• The technical infrastructure
• The financial system
• Basic management systems
• The usual problems of piecemeal
• problem solving faced by most governments
• Blowing up the boxes

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We have multiple departments with overlapping
responsibilities. I say consolidate them. We
have boards and commissions that serve no
pressing public need. I say abolish them. We
have a state purchasing program that is archaic
and expensive. I say modernize it. I plan a
total review of government - its performance, its
practices, its cost. --Governor
Schwarzenegger
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Look. . .Up in the sky...Its a bird...Its a
plane... No, its CPR!
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The Response CPROr Who Were Those Masked Men?

• Created by Governor Schwarzenegger to conduct an
  examination of state government to create a 21st
  Century Government that is
• Innovative and Dynamic
• Responsive Accountable
• Efficient and Effective
• Uses New Technology and
• Business Practices

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The Focus

• A government that works better and costs less
• A government structured to meet current and
  future demands
• A government that uses technology in new and
  innovative ways

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The Principles

• Put People First
• Save Taxpayers Dollar
• Be Visionary and Innovative
• Be Accountable and Efficient
• Be Performance Driven

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The Methodology

• Use state workers
• Organize by team
• Functional and cross-cutting area
• Work in component parts and build up
• Layer the report for different audiences
• Think broadly recommend in detail
• Set a short time line

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136 days???!!!
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The Organization

• Project management
• State employees
• Team leaders
• 14 Teams ranging from Infrastructure, Health and
  Human Services, Performance-Based Management,
  Personnel Management, Procurement and Information
  Technology

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The Result

• 2,500 pages later. . .
• 1,200 recommendations
• A range of issues
• Reorganization plan
• IT infrastructure and governance
• Cost savings and revenue enhancements--32 billion

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The Parts

• Overview Prescription for Change
• Reorganization Form Follows Function
• Line-by-Line Audit Keeping the Books
• Detail Recommendations Issues and
  Recommendations.
• Independent Study of the Criminal Justice System
  (Deukmejian Commission report)

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• Three times as Mr. Universe and seven times
  as Mr. Olympia prepares Governor Schwarzenegger
  to handle the CPR report.

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The (Cloudy) Horizon

• Reactions to date
• CPR Commission
• Why it MIGHT work . . . and might NOT
• Why it SHOULD work
• 3 bucketsadministrative, legislative, Little
  Hoover Commission

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The Point

• Government matters
• Theres a need to rethink 21st Century government
• It can be improved
• Change is inevitable
• we can wait for it or embrace it
• And why CA matters

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Our Simple Request

• I need your clothes, your boots, and your
  motorcycle.
• (Seriously, please read the report and give us
  feedback.)