State of Texas
Department of Information Resources
Leadership for Texas Government Technology

Mid-Size Agency Coordinating Council (MACC)

Meeting Minutes for March 13, 2008

Welcome and Introductions

Jennifer Hinjosa opened the meeting at 9:00 am. She welcomed members and guests.

I. Governor’s Office, Brian Guthrie

Budget structure and Performance measure changes due to LBB by April 16th. Budget needs more transparency. Should you want to reduce strategies, you need good reasons. Continued interest in removing unnecessary measures.

II. Legislative Budget Board, Zelma Smith, Manager

Base Reconciliation and LAR Instructions should be available soon. The Base reconciliation will be entered into ABEST beginning June 2nd. Recommend to start with SB1 for FY07 to obtain your appropriations and MOF.

Reconcile FTE and will need to identify the 100% federally funded employees. Instructions are now available. Due dates for agencies vary.

III. State Auditors Office, Juliette Torres, Senior Classification Analyst

Review exempt positions, survey due March 21st.

We anticipate releasing a report on the classification plan in June 2008.
Leave guide now available.
Will hold a forum next month for changes to classification plan.

Office of the Attorney General, Jeb Boyt, AAG Administrative Law

New guidelines for HB 3430 Small Business Impact Proposed Guidelines (Relating to the availability of information about state expenditures and rules, including the creation of a state database containing information on state expenditures, and to certain comptroller reports, and to certain amounts received by institutions of higher education.)

The additional links are:

• Comptroller's page for determining a proposed rule's potential adverse economic effect
• Workforce Commission
• Small business employers
• Labor market and other information As Jeb mentioned at the meeting, they're in the process of finalizing the guidelines, and the Final Guidelines will be published on the OAG's web site under publications and will also be published again in the Texas Register.

Texas Public Employees Association, Andy Homer, Director of Government Relations

Attached a pdf file with a flier announcing the TPEA All State Employee Celebration at Scholz Garten on Thursday, March 27 from 5 to 7 pm. This is a fun event with a good band, free beverages, snacks and other fun stuff.

All state employees and retirees are welcome to attend.

If you can, please try to get the word out about the event and consider posting the fliers in your office or otherwise making people aware.

Wells Fargo Bank, Tony Norris, Store Manager

Special offers for State Employees include interest bearing checking with no minimum balance and no monthly service charge. This is the same benefit offered to Wells Fargo Bank employees.

Agency Announcements/News

• The USAS Users Group Meeting announced that they will do away with SIRS at the end of the year. The new FM Tool will replace it when they develop the program with the other functions. The only one that exists now is the payroll function.
• TSABAA Bi-Monthly Meeting, March 20th.
• DIR Gartner Briefing:Transforming Your Applications Environment/ Applications Scenario from 2008 through 2012. This is a free educational presentation to be held March 27th.
• TASSCC Technology Education Conference (TEC) April 30, 2008
• Resource Efficiency Plan Status Report
  Rule 19.18 requires all state agencies and institutions of higher education provide SECO a semiannual status report (April 30)

Adjourn

Future Meetings: Thursday, April 10, 2008
(Standing meeting 2nd Thursday of each month)