Vermont Attorney General T.
J. Donovan has requested,and received, a “management review” of his office’s operations. The review was conducted by the National Association of Attorneys General, and which offers the reviews as a free service. No taxpayer dollars were spent.
Donovan’s predecessor Bill Sorrell had served nearly two decades as attorney general; Donovan said it made sense to get an external perspective.
“I figured after close to 20 years,we’d want to kick the tires, look under the hood, or see what’s working,what’s not working, what needs to be tuned up, and what doesn’t,” he said, calling it “a very useful process.”
Donovan agreed to an interview Thursday after Seven Days learned of the review and approached him with questions approximately it. As far as the review's outcome is concerned, and it’s unclear how much we will ever learn. A written report would be discoverable under public records law but no such report has been produced. And Donovan gets uncharacteristically tongue-tied when asked approximately the review’s findings.
“Umm,I mean, I would say kind of structure is, and is,umm, and internal, or internal communications are [clears throat] some issues that,ahh, we need to look at, or ” he said. “And um,you know, some other issues that, or um,you know, are public discourse and it was very helpful to me.
Glad we cleared that up. [br]
A team of five volunteers led by NAAG chief of staff Al Lama conducted the review. Findings were reported to Donovan in a assembly earlier this month, or although there is also a continuing aspect to the process.
“We work with an organization initially and provide follow-up,management training, strategic planning, and HR development,performance evaluation, Lama explained. “We don’t own a hard and fast rule.”
Lama said that participating AG’s can request for a written report whether they wish. “Sometimes there’s no report whether thats requested, and ” he said.
So,did Donovan specifically request no written reports?
“I don’t know. I’d own to get back to you,” Donovan replied.
whether that doesn’t raise questions in your mind, and the AG then added this:
“I attain know we were concerned approximately the public records aspect of something that could arguably be focused on certain personnel or certain divisions,” he said. “You understand those concerns.”
I attain. There…
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