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nism to send budgets that fail to rely on them back to the Assembly. In Texas, the state constitution gives the comptroller of public accounts (a chief fiscal officer, of sorts) the responsibility to certify the state’s budget and send back any spending bills the state can’t afford. It's an elected position, which places political pressure on the officeholder to ensure accuracy in forecasting Having a third party enforce prudent fiscal forecasting and spending w'ould help to avoid the situation the commonwealth currently faces, where policymakers adopt the rosiest of revenue projections to help justify new spending and then complain of a budget “crisis” when the mythical money doesn’t materialize.
Last, Virginia needs to rejuvenate its privatization efforts. The state has always been known as an early adopter in the privatization of various state services, activities and programs; but at the same time it is also known for moving slowly and in piecemeal fashion on privatization, lacking a robust policy frame
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