January 16, 2013 - Texas Workforce Commission

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1 evaluation by the CRD. I mean, we -- we are the
2 product of one of those mergers into another agency,
3 abolishment and merger into another agency. So, if
4 somebody was tracking saying that the CRD needs to
5 be -- their policies and procedures need to be
6 evaluated, we no -- essentially no longer exist; we're
7 part of TWC now.
8 So, I think we need to take a look at
9 that schedule to make sure that all the agencies,
10 including the new ones, are on it, and particularly if
11 they're new and they've never been evaluated, that --
12 that we need to maybe move them up to the top of the
13 list. I'm not sure how you come up with that list.
14 MR. BABIAK: I know that about a year
15 ago one agency, who was subject to review -- and
16 understand that the agencies reviewed last year were,
17 in what I'll refer to as Year 6, meaning that as of
18 last year every agency has been reviewed twice. And
19 this particular agency had already been subjected to
20 review one time. And when they were selected last
21 year, they contacted us to say that "We are exempt
22 from review."
23 And I looked in the law and saw that the
24 definition of employer includes state agencies and
25 that the law also provides a definition of state