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Commission selects firm for agency review
06/26/2009
The Texas Transportation Commission on June 25 approved the selection of private-sector consulting firm Grant Thornton to conduct an immediate top-down management and organizational review of the Texas Department of Transportation. The firm will spend the next six months gathering and analyzing information about the agency and its operations before proposing recommendations necessary to increase productivity and cut costs.
The commission outlined the following goals for the agency review:
- Optimize the department's performance.
- Improve transparency and accountability.
- Promote the effective and efficient use of resources.
- Assist in the identification of future resource needs.
"It is our expectation that this firm will report directly to the commission," said Ed Serna, TxDOT assistant executive director for support operations. "Neither the staff or administration will filter the recommendations. The staff's role will be to make sure this project stays on a specific timeline."
The review will include surveys and interviews with TxDOT employees, as well as input from state legislators, Metropolitan Planning Organizations and other external stakeholders. The consultant's recommendations are expected to be presented to the commission for consideration in early 2010.
