How Can the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) Work to Limit

question 53

Multiple Choice

How can the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) work to limit mismanagement and inefficiency of a state agency?

• A) Coordinating with the legislature, the LBB can cut or threaten to reduce the budget of an agency to force compliance.
• B) The LBB can replace an agency head that is incapable of carrying out a program and appoint a replacement.
• C) Coordinating with the governor, the LBB can overrule the bureaucracy and reverse or rescind an agency's action.
• D) Through a performance review, the LBB can determine ways to increase efficiency and cut costs in an agency.
• E) The LBB through administrative reorganization can transfer responsibility for a program between agencies.

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