Relating to duties of the department of administrative services

This bill relates to the duties of the department of administrative services (DAS). The bill eliminates the requirement that the state librarian submit a biennial report to the governor on the activities of DAS relating to library services. As the eliminated provision contains the only biennial report in the Code for the state librarian, the bill also strikes a corresponding provision applying general biennial reporting requirements to the state librarian.210, DAS is still obligated to prepare an annual report of its performance, including how it has reallocated resources in the previous fiscal year, for submission to the department of management. The bill strikes the requirement that DAS develop and approve a biennial unified plan of service and service delivery for DAS as part of DAS’s library services. The bill strikes DAS’s obligation to establish and administer standards for state agency libraries. The bill eliminates a reference to “access plus programs” of public libraries for purposes of the duty of the department to support such programs under the enrich Iowa program, and substitutes the term “interlibrary loan programs” for such purposes. The bill requires DAS to make the report on state employee salaries available on its internet site and to provide an electronic copy of the report to any person upon request and payment of a fee. The bill also strikes the requirement that DAS provide without charge an electronic copy of the report to each caucus of the general assembly, the legislative services agency, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and the secretary of the senate.