Full Text of HR0898 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Central Management Services | 3 | | provides general
administrative functions for State | 4 | | government; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Central Management Services | 6 | | bills State agencies for
some of its administrative services | 7 | | and utilizes 7 revolving funds as the conduit for
payments from | 8 | | agencies and payments to vendors; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Central Management Services has | 10 | | been cited by the
Illinois Auditor General for weaknesses in | 11 | | internal controls over financial reporting, a condition
that | 12 | | has existed since 2007; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, These 7 revolving funds earned revenues of | 14 | | $566,000,000 in FY'12 and
$500,000,000 in FY'l3; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, 92% of the FY'12 revenues and 90% of the FY'13
| 16 | | revenues to 5 of the revolving funds (Facilities Management, | 17 | | Statistical Services,
Communications, State Garage, State | 18 | | Surplus Property) were from billings to State agencies; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, During FY'12, these 5 revolving funds operated at | 20 | | a surplus of $54,000,000, and in FY'l3, a deficit of |
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| 1 | | $35,000,000; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Department of Central Management Services | 3 | | also receives revenues for
these revolving funds from non-State | 4 | | agency sources; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Between FY'10 and FY'14, while overall State | 6 | | appropriations have risen 12%, Department of Central | 7 | | Management Services appropriations have risen 420%; therefore, | 8 | | be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | the Auditor
General is directed to conduct a management audit | 12 | | of the Department of Central Management
Services for the period | 13 | | FY'12 through FY'14; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, This management audit include, but not be limited | 15 | | to, the following
determinations: | 16 | | 1) An examination of the rate setting process and policies | 17 | | that are used to charge State
agencies for administrative | 18 | | functions paid through the revolving funds; | 19 | | 2) An examination of the billings and revenues in the | 20 | | revolving funds; | 21 | | 3) An examination of the expenses paid with funds |
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| 1 | | maintained in the revolving funds; | 2 | | 4) An examination of the procurement process utilized by | 3 | | the Department of Central
Management Services to ascertain if | 4 | | it follows relevant laws, rules, policies, and
procedures and | 5 | | meets the needs of the State agencies being served; and | 6 | | 5) An examination of the hiring process utilized by the | 7 | | Department of Central
Management Services to ascertain if it | 8 | | supports the needs of the State agencies it
serves; and be it | 9 | | further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Central Management | 11 | | Services and any other State
agency or other entity or person | 12 | | that may have information relevant to this audit cooperate | 13 | | fully
and promptly with the Auditor General's Office in its | 14 | | audit; and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 16 | | soon as practical and
report his findings and recommendations | 17 | | upon completion in accordance with the provisions of
Section | 18 | | 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the Auditor General.
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