Slide 1

Why Reform Government?Federal Spending

National Debt: $13.23 TrillionYour personal share? Over $42,000National Deficit:Last Year: Over $1.4 TrillionThis Year: Over $1.6 Trillion

State Spending

Increased by 73% from 2000-2009Grew 28% Faster than Inflation and Population Growth

FY 2011/2012 Budget: Reduces State Spending to 2006 Levels

The Mission of the Commission on Government Reform & Restructuring is to:

Identify opportunities for creating efficiencies in state government, including streamlining, consolidating, or eliminating redundant and unnecessary agency services, governing bodies, regulations and programs; Explore innovative ways to deliver state services at the lowest cost and best value to Virginia taxpayers; Seek out means to more effectively and efficiently perform core state functions, including potential privatization of government operations where appropriate, and restore focus on core mission-oriented service; Examine ways for state government to be more transparent, user friendly and accountable to the citizens of the Commonwealth.

Create an inventory of land and buildings owned by the Commonwealth and divest of surplus propertyConsolidate revenue collection functions across agencies into one departmentConsolidate separate agency Inspectors General into one office that will do ongoing performance reviews, audits and examinations of waste, fraud and abuseImplement 4 Day/10 hour work week for state employees to save on energy costs while improving productivity & reducing trafficTransform DMV centers into One-Stop Government Customer Service Centers with expanded government servicesConsolidate or eliminate boards and commissions that are no longer serving a necessary policy purpose~ A Few Ideas ~Centralize more of the back-office shared services of state agencies to leverage economies of scaleDisplay agency organizational charts on websites to facilitate better citizen communicationsEliminate state & federal mandates on local governments to free them to focus on core servicesConsolidate dozens of toll free numbers into one customer friendly number for all services in VirginiaReduce spending on administrative expenses across state governmentIncrease the transparency and ease of navigation through the state budget~ A Few Ideas ~One Good Idea:Privatize ABCIf I'm starting from scratch, I don't think the state should be in the liquor business.Mark Warner (D)- United States Senator, former Virginia Governor*"I don't think the state needs to be in the liquor sales businessTim Kaine (D)- former Virginia Governor ** www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jun/25/ed-hinkle25b-ar-230981/** Commonwealth Competition Council Meeting Minutes; January 5, 2010ABC privatization recommendation was part of the Wilder Commission Report**Postage Stamp: 3 CentsPopulation of Fairfax County: 25,000*Population of Virginia 2,421,851Average Cost of a Gallon of Gas: 10 centsBest Actor: Clark GableFirst Television Broadcast in Soviet Union

*1930 United States Census figurePostage Stamp: 44 CentsPopulation of Fairfax County: 1,037,605Population of Virginia: 7,882,590Average Cost of a Gallon of Gas: $2.58Best Actor: Jeff BridgesRussians on Facebook: 1,000,000(Going from current 332 stores to 800)(percentage)WA 43.4OR 40.4CA 38.2MT 53.4ID 39.0NV 39.0UT 26.0AZ 38.0ND 58.1SD 53.0WY 50.7CO 48.4NM 39.5NE 45.8KS 49.4OK 37.4TX 39.3MN 52.6IA 49.4MO 44.6AR 39.7MS 32.1AL 33.1GA 36.7FL 39.0WI 53.3IL 46.9IN 41.5KY 40.7TN 37.1SC 37.3NC 36.8VA 42.9MI 46.0OH 47.1PA 44.6NY 42.7MD 40.2ME 46.2DE 45.0NH 53.7VT 54.0NJ 43.5CT 49.9AK 40.8HI 42.3WV 39.8DC 48.9MA 52.7RI 52.0LA 39.1Source: SAMHSA State Estimates of Substance Use from the 2006-2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and HealthU.S. Avg. = 42.0, 11 Control States above, 7 below More choices, competition and convenience for Virginians

Health, safety and law enforcement still controlled by the Commonwealth

General Fund revenue for the Commonwealth maintained

Thousands of private sector jobs created

Local governments will still have a say on the issuance of licenses