Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2023-11

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2023-11
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, federal grants and other
			 non-recurring money funded several new positions within state government. While
			 the new positions were necessary during the pandemic, many of those positions
			 were designed to be temporary. I have deep respect for the great people serving
			 our state in various capacities, but I take seriously my commitment to reduce
			 the size of government, streamline processes, and return to taxpayers their
			 hard-earned money that isn't necessary for government to function as designed.
			 To that end, I am acting to evaluate the necessity of executive branch
			 positions created since March 1, 2020.
Therefore, I, J. Kevin Stitt, Governor of the State of Oklahoma,
			 pursuant to the power and authority vested in me by Sections 1 and 2 of Article
			 VI of the Oklahoma Constitution, and to the fullest extent permitted under
			 Oklahoma law, hereby order as follows:
1. No later than June 30, 2023, all state
		  agency heads shall provide to the Secretary of Operations and Government
		  Efficiency a list of positions created since March 2020. The list should
		  include the job title, the job description, the method of funding
		  (
e.g.
, federal grants or grants otherwise), whether the
		  position was a refill of an existing position or a new position, and a detailed
		  description of ongoing need, if any, associated with each position created
		  since March 1, 2020. Where a position has been funded by a grant, the list
		  should identify the source of funds that will be utilized to fund any such
		  position, if not terminated at the conclusion of grant funding.
2. For all positions funded in whole or in
		  part by a grant of any kind, the agency head shall provide to the Secretary of
		  Operations and Government Efficiency the date on which the grant funding is
		  scheduled to terminate. If a grant associated with any such position has
		  already terminated, the date on which the grant terminated should also be
		  provided. Regardless of whether grant funding has already terminated, the
		  agency head shall also provide the source of funds that was being utilized
		  and/or will be utilized to fund any such position created since March 1,
		  2020.
3. Until ordered otherwise,
		  and within thirty (30) days of the termination of a grant funding an executive
		  branch position, the state agency head to whom the position reports, directly
		  or indirectly, shall provide to the Secretary of Operations and Government
		  Efficiency the job title(s) associated with the grant(s), the job
		  description(s), method(s) of funding, the date on which the grant funding
		  terminated, a detailed description of ongoing need, if any, associated with any
		  such position, and the source of funds that will be utilized to fund any such
		  position, if not terminated at the conclusion of grant funding.
This Executive Order shall be distributed to all members of the
			 Governor's Executive Cabinet and the administrative heads and chief executives
			 of all state agencies, who shall cause the provisions of this Order to be
			 implemented forthwith.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
			 Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
			 on this 8 
			 th day of May, 2023.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Kevin Stitt
ATTEST:
Brian Bingman
Secretary of State