SD12 - Publications of the Commonwealth of Virginia


Executive Summary:

This report summarizes the results of a study made by the Commission in response to Senate Joint Resolution No. 28 of the 1962 General Assembly, which stated in part that the Commission for Economy in Governmental Expenditures is authorized and directed to make a thorough study of (1) the scope, distribution, cost and need of the various publications printed at State expense, including departmental annual reports; (2) the distribution, or mailing, lists of such publications, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they correspond with those offices and individuals needing the information, (3) the extent to which the State would benefit by centralized control, inventory, distribution and sale of State publications, and (4) whether it is advisable to establish an office for the current indexing of all State publications and the regular publication of a Commonwealth Register, on the order of the Federal Register, containing in addition to the index such important items as opinions of the Attorney General, administrative rulings, proclamations of the Governor and other notices and information meriting circulation.

In the conduct of this study, the Commission was aided by the Auditor of Public Accounts, its executive secretary, his staff, and its consultant, Mr. Wesley R. Ellms of the firm of Worden & Risberg, Management Consultants, whom we engaged to aid in our study.

The Commission is also grateful for the participation in this study of Its Advisory Committee, The Honorables Landon R. Wyatt, from the Senate, and Shirley T. Holland and Felix E. Edmunds, from the House of Delegates.

The Commission gratefully acknowledges the splendid cooperation of the departments,. institutions, and agencies of the State during the course of the study.