Posted on 03/02/2010 1:00:03 PM PST by SmithL
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office said in a report today that Caltrans' Capital Outlay Support program is overstaffed and recommended that the state eliminate 1,500 full-time positions if the department cannot justify its staffing needs.
The Capital Outlay Support (COS) program is responsible for environmental review, design and construction oversight of highway projects, among other responsibilities. LAO found that costs were higher at Caltrans than for comparable projects in other states and local transportation agencies.
"We reviewed Caltrans' COS budget for recent years and found that the program's budget lacks sufficient workload justification," the LAO report states. " In order to gauge the reasonableness of the department's COS requests for staffing and funding, we evaluated the program using several different methods. The cumulative evidence from our review shows that the program is over-staffed and lacks strong management."
LAO further concluded that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's three monthly furloughs have had little apparent impact on the COS program's productivity.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
A. A Caltrans truck!
Argh. Beat me to it. As a former and long time Bay Area resident, I remember that joke as an old chestnut. And pretty much true.
It’s okay now...they (the sleeping six) are going to be sleeping on their own time...
Everytime I see six people standing around watching one person work, I think of CALTRANS.
Well, sure, but they vote democrat ... and the taxpayer picks up their “wages.”
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