Executive Order 13

WHEREAS, WHi:;Rt:AS, EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER THIRTEEN the Governor's Task Foi::ce on E!fticiencies and Cost-8ttectiveness in Iowa State Government has recummended tt1at t:xecutive Branch a•Jencies undertake a tiomprehensive study of . their span of control - the numl)er. of emi;>loyees a man.ayer can etC8ctivel y supervise. the In spector Gener.al will establish yuidelines, methods and procedures each agency can usu to analyze its manayement s tructure; and eacn ay~ncy di~ectur is responsible Eor operaciny an efficient, cost- effective management proyram. NOW, THERt:r'vRt: , I , Ter::r::y E. 8canstad, Governor ot the State oE Iowa, by the virtue of the authority vested in m~ by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa <.lo h.::n::!by order that: I. Each sta te deμart;oent under tlw Exe Gut i. ve l:lr::anch shall undertake a. com9rehei:isive revi. e ·"' ot its supervisury sμan ot control in accordance with ~ ui de lin es ano methods establish•d by the Inspector:: General; and II. C:ach cjepartment st1all, t:>asud uμon its supervisory s pan of control ana lysis, submit a r<:!μort and p.la 11 ot act i <)n to tile Inspector General identifying manayement chanyes which ·have b•:un ma<ic since ,Janua ry l , l':ltl4, and identifyiny management changes which will he made to streamline supervisory stafEing and thereby reducM the cost of ~overnrnent. Management c t.ilnoJeS may include steps such as ret i rement, conso,J.idat ions, reclassifica - tions, t ransters, or su pervisory staff reduc tions . All reports and plans ot action are due t o the Inspector Genec~l on oi: betore Novefl!_ber 21, 1Y~4 . III. ~ach department's plan ot action shal l be reviewed l)y tlle Inspector:: Genecal for adequacy, tor . the purpose oE r::eportiny ayency· pr::oyr::ess to the Governor; and IV. Upoc:i approval of each dev.:1rr.ment plan hy the Inspector General, eftch department shall taKe immediute action to imploment its plan . v . After implementation of an approved plan, future depart.mental chanyes, such as filling vacancies, addin·J pos1t1ons or deletiny positions must be done in a manner to retain or i1nprove uvcn the ayency's overall supervisory span of control plan. The Inspector General will c-eview and 1110n1tor subsequent personnel actions affecting the or191nal plan . IN TESTIMONY WHER~Of, I have hece unto subscribed my name and caused the Gr-eat. Seal of the State of Iowa to be affixed . Done at Des Moines this _'?,J~- day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred eighty-four .