QUESTION
What is the Department of Investigation's recommendation for NYCHA's micro purchase process staffing model?
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The Department of Investigation recommends NYCHA identifies and implements a specialized staffing model for micro purchases but does not specify a staff number or qualifications.
- Recommends removing micro purchase responsibilities from housing development staff.
- Suggests centralizing the responsibility to specialized staff with procurement expertise.
- Avoids specifying an exact number of staff required for the new unit.
- Advises NYCHA to determine the specifics based on its expertise.
Chris Banks
0:33:40
DLI's first recommendation, and it's February 6 2024 letter.
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Is that NICE identify and implement an an alternative staffing model for the micro purchase process.
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That removes responsibility for micro purchases from staff within the housing development.
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And places of responsibility is that on a on specialized centralized staff with the necessary expertise.
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Does DOI have any recommendations regarding the ideal number or qualifications of staff that would best enable nature to achieve the goals of this of this recommendation.
Jocelyn Strauber
0:34:21
Certainly, we're thinking about staff who have expertise in procurement, but we have not made a recommendation about a specific number of staff in the unit that would need to be created to serve this function.
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And you know, often what we try to do in our recommendations is put forth a conceptual policy change and let the agency based on its expertise work out the fine points like exactly how many employees would be required for that task and where they would draw them from.
Chris Banks
0:34:54
Alright.
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Thank you.