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Introduction 1249 - Corrective action plans for retroactively registered contracts
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Council Member Adams introduces Introduction 1249, which would require agencies to submit formal corrective action plans for each retroactively registered contract. She asks if the panel would support this level of transparency and accountability.
- Michael Sedillo agrees with the spirit of the bill in ensuring action plans
- Sedillo highlights the success of the Clear the Backlog initiative in 2022, which used specific data metrics to drive progress
- The panel expresses concern about how retroactive contracts are defined, particularly for discretionary contracts
- Sedillo suggests that requiring corrective action plans for all retroactive contracts might not be fair in all cases
Adrienne E. Adams
0:53:24
Introduction December would require the agency to submit a formal corrective action plan for each retroactively registered contract.
0:53:33
Would you support this level of transparency and accountability?
Michael Sedillo
0:53:37
I'll jump in.
0:53:38
Thank you so much speaker Adams, and totally agree in spirit with the bill of making sure that we have action plans.
0:53:45
That's why we work with the chief nonprofit officers at all the agencies to develop action plans.
0:53:50
You know, when we worked on the Clear the Backlog initiative in 2022, we really think the magic sauce there was having specific data that went up to the principles both at the agency level and city hall level and the attention and the real specific data metrics and indicators are really what we think moved the needle significantly and unlocked over $6,000,000,000 worth of contracts there.
0:54:12
And so we're doing that actively right now and we're working with agencies to identify their quantitative and qualitative priorities for the upcoming quarter.
0:54:21
And so think that is where we think the secret and magic sauce is in moving the needle here.
0:54:28
But I would say one thing about the bill that I would have questions about is how you're defining retroactive contracts.
0:54:36
As you all know, a significant portion, think well over two thirds of our retroactive contracts and sometimes higher are discretionary contracts that we find out about at the start of the fiscal year.
0:54:47
And so those are by definition retroactive, and so would that be fair to have an agency be subject to that and develop a corrective action plan when it's largely out of their hands or some things that we'd want to think through.
Julie Won
0:54:59
Okay,