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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
| 3 | Opportunity (DCEO) is the lead State agency for economic | ||||||
| 4 | development in Illinois; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, In that capacity, DCEO expended over $730 million | ||||||
| 6 | in Fiscal Year 2007 appropriations for community and business | ||||||
| 7 | development, technology and industrial competitiveness, | ||||||
| 8 | tourism, coal development and marketing, and other projects to | ||||||
| 9 | encourage economic development; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Efficient and effective management of the State's | ||||||
| 11 | economic development programs is critical to the fiscal | ||||||
| 12 | soundness of the State, local communities, business, and | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois workers; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The management and program audit released in | ||||||
| 15 | February of 2006, conducted by the Auditor General, outlined | ||||||
| 16 | definitive shortcomings in such areas as performance | ||||||
| 17 | measurement effectiveness and methodology, documentation | ||||||
| 18 | accuracy, program monitoring, and the tracking and compliance | ||||||
| 19 | of statutory mandates; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 21 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
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| 1 | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a follow-up audit of | ||||||
| 2 | the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's | ||||||
| 3 | administration of its economic development programs; and be it | ||||||
| 4 | further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but need not be limited | ||||||
| 6 | to, the following determinations: (i) whether DCEO's economic | ||||||
| 7 | development programs are operated in conformity with | ||||||
| 8 | applicable federal and State requirements; (ii) whether DCEO | ||||||
| 9 | has established and implemented procedures to periodically | ||||||
| 10 | review both the efficiency and effectiveness of its economic | ||||||
| 11 | development programs; (iii) whether DCEO has in place | ||||||
| 12 | appropriate monitoring and reporting procedures to ensure that | ||||||
| 13 | it receives timely and accurate information from its grant and | ||||||
| 14 | loan recipients; (iv) whether DCEO's reported performance | ||||||
| 15 | measures are periodically reviewed and adequately supported by | ||||||
| 16 | underlying documentation; and (v) whether DCEO's performance | ||||||
| 17 | measures indicate that its economic development programs are | ||||||
| 18 | effective in accomplishing their stated purposes; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
| 21 | Opportunity and its predecessor agencies, recipients of State | ||||||
| 22 | funds, and any other entity or person that may have information | ||||||
| 23 | relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the | ||||||
| 24 | Auditor General's Office in the conduct of this audit; and be | ||||||
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| 1 | it further | ||||||
| 2 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | ||||||
| 3 | soon as possible and distribute the report upon completion in | ||||||
| 4 | accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing | ||||||
| 5 | Act; and be it further | ||||||
| 6 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to | ||||||
| 7 | the Auditor General and to the Director of Commerce and | ||||||
| 8 | Economic Opportunity.
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