The State Worker: Commission report endorses personnel departments' merger

The bipartisan Little Hoover Commission has issued a report on Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to merge the State Personnel Board and the Department of Personnel Administration. The 13-member commission cautioned, however, that that the big challenge for Brown's proposal is to change government's culture, not merely streamlining its organizational flow chart. Commission chairman Daniel Hancock summarizes that point in his introductory letter to the 32-page document:

Department managers interact with DPA and SPB as central "control" agencies for approval on day-to-day personnel tasks, from changing job qualifications to filling vacancies. The duties of DPA and SPB often overlap, frustrating would-be employees and causing conflict and delay as state managers navigate the two entities. ...

The success of CalHR will hinge on its ability to lead and build a culture around service and support - instead of control and confusion - to personnel managers, employees and job candidates. The state's reactive approach to staffing its workforce on a vacancy-by-vacancy basis will no longer suffice.

The commission doubts the state will save an estimated $6 million from the consolidation, in no small part because the constitutionally-established five-member personnel board itself will survive with some support staff, "and SPB will have sway in determining how many positions it will retain to carry out its core functions," Hancock wrote.

Still, tugging even a few strings in the state's knotted personnel infrastructure is better than just complaining about it, so Little Hoover supported Brown's merger plan with a promise. "The Commission looks forward to checking back next year on this progress," Hancock wrote.

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