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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 1, 2015 11:48 AM |
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| From: | Senator Rob Teplitz |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Resolution – Government Reform Week |
| In the near future, I will be introducing a resolution recognizing the week of December 7, 2015 as Government Reform Week to highlight the need to restore trust in the way state government operates. The Center for Public Integrity’s State Integrity Investigation, released in November 2015, ranked Pennsylvania 45th in the country in government integrity, and Pennsylvania was one of eleven states that received a failing grade. Pennsylvania received an “F” in seven subtopics, including Political Financing, Electoral Oversight, Legislative Accountability, Judicial Accountability, State Civil Service Management, Ethics Enforcement Agencies, and State Pension Fund Management. However, a relative bright spot in the report for Pennsylvania is the state’s 4th place ranking for laws and processes that provide public access to government records. While the Commonwealth’s 4th place national ranking shows that progress has been made in the area of government transparency, the grade received by Pennsylvania indicates that the effort to improve government transparency must continue. Government Reform Week is a time to take stock of the function of state government over the past year, while looking forward to the reforms that should be enacted in the next year. This resolution is being introduced in the House by Representative Jerry Knowles, who serves alongside me as the co-chair of the Government Reform Caucus. Please join me in co-sponsoring this resolution, recognizing the week of December 7, 2015 as Government Reform Week. |
Introduced as SR258