Kansas lawmakers hearing bids from ‘efficiency study’ consultants in private
A panel of Kansas lawmakers Thursday began a two-day process, with sessions held behind closed doors, to pick an “efficiency study” consultant.
Earmarking $3 million for a contract to study state government and recommend efficiencies was a divisive issue during the Legislature’s budget battle last session.
The Legislative Budget Committee was considering pitches from four consultants, with each session held in executive session without members of the public or news media present.
Rep. Ron Ryckman Jr., an Olathe Republican, said the closed sessions were necessary to protect the consultants’ “trade secrets.”
The committee wants to be “as open as possible,” he said, but the meetings with the consultants would include proprietary information.
Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte, McGladrey, and Alvarez & Marsal are submitting proposals. The committee is scheduled to make its selection Friday afternoon.
To reach Edward M. Eveld, Kansas statehouse reporter, call 816-234-4442 or send email to eeveld@kcstar.com. On Twitter @eeveld.
This story was originally published September 17, 2015 at 3:48 PM with the headline "Kansas lawmakers hearing bids from ‘efficiency study’ consultants in private."