Tue Jun 01, 2010 at 01:00:00 PM EDT
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Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono has called a hearing for tomorrow, June 2 to examine the Governor's effort to merge the State Commission of Investigation (SCI), the Inspector General (IG) and the Medicaid Inspector General (MIG) into the Office of the Comptroller. Here's the list of people scheduled to testify on the matter:Comptroller Matthew Boxer, Inspector General Mary Jane Cooper, SCI Commissioner Cary Edwards, Medicaid Inspector General Mark Anderson, and former State Auditor Richard Fair, who is now the Director of Rutgers University's Masters Program in Governmental Accounting. Additionally, Florida's Inspector General Melinda Miguel, who is also the First Vice President of the National Inspector Generals' Association, will lend her expertise and Michael P. Riccards, Executive Director of the Hall Institute of Public Policy, will detail his research on an elected versus an appointed state comptroller. As you can see from the last guest scheduled to testify, they will also look at the merits of an elected vs. appointed state comptroller position. We've been writing about the efforts of the SCI for the past week and the concerns raised by getting rid of an independent legislative investigative body and moving the functions into the executive branch where they may be more subject to political pressure. It's good Buono is holding this hearing, let's hope that Republicans are willing to stand up with her asking questions about this misguided idea.
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