Administrative reform begins its process in the Legislative Assembly.
The project foresees the merger of the Secretariats of Infrastructure, Cities, and Metropolitan Areas; the agencies of Sport and Leisure and Tourism will be eliminated, giving rise to the Agency of Tourism, Sport and Leisure; four extraordinary secretary positions and six special advisor positions to the Governor will also be eliminated when they become vacant; the project also foresees the elimination of 3.300 commissioned positions, 1.100 this year and 2.200 in 2014.
247- The Governor's project that modifies the organization of the Executive Branch began its processing in the Assembly on Wednesday afternoon (30), when it was read in Plenary during the ordinary meeting. Bill No. 3.989/13 was sent for publication and subsequently the Joint Committee will begin its review. The president of the House, Deputy Helder Valin (PSDB), requested that his staff distribute copies to all parliamentarians. The process is also published on the Assembly's transparency portal (here (the full text).
The project foresees the extinction of three state secretariats and the creation of a new department with similar duties and responsibilities to those being extinguished. Two agencies will also be extinguished, with the creation of another with duties and responsibilities encompassing those of the agencies being extinguished. The State Secretariat for the Development of the Metropolitan Region of Goiânia, the Secretariat of Infrastructure, and the Secretariat of Cities will be extinguished. These will give rise to the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Cities, and Metropolitan Affairs. The two agencies to be extinguished will be the Secretariat of Sport and Leisure and the Goiana Tourism Agency, whose activities will be incorporated into the new Goiana Agency of Tourism, Sport, and Leisure.
The project also includes the transfer to the newly created bodies of some administrative units and their respective positions that belonged to the secretariats to be abolished. It also foresees the elimination of the commissioned positions of Secretary of State and other senior and intermediate management positions within the departments to be abolished, as well as four positions of Extraordinary Secretary of State and six positions of Special Advisor to the Governor, when they become vacant.
Finally, the government's proposal also includes a reduction in appointed positions within the Executive Branch by 3.300 units, with 1.100 in the current fiscal year and 2.200 during the 2014 fiscal year, and authorization for the head of the Executive Branch to take steps regarding the incorporation of companies in liquidation.
According to the justification presented by the government, the determining reasons for the proposed structural modification aim to streamline the administrative machinery, with the consequent reduction in expenses, without significantly impairing its essential functions.
According to the government, the importance of the changes lies in the budgetary and financial aspect, since the proposed adjustment is in line with the reality, especially the fiscal reality, experienced by the State, "due to the undeniable contraction of economic activity observed throughout the national territory and in much of the world."
(With information from the Assembly Agency)