Report 2020-030 Recommendation 12 Responses

Report 2020-030: The State Bar of California: It Is Not Effectively Managing Its System for Investigating and Disciplining Attorneys Who Abuse the Public Trust (Release Date: April 2021)

Recommendation #12 To: Bar of California, State

To ensure that it receives the best value for the money it spends, the State Bar should establish documentation standards and templates for contract mangers to follow when using the exam exemption.

60-Day Agency Response

The State Bar has revised its procurement policy to require that a best value analysis for the exam exemption, as well as other competitive bidding exemptions, be documented in a new Best Value Memo, which must be submitted by the contract manager with the procurement requisition. A template for the Best Value Memo has been created and provided to the Auditor, along with a copy of the updated procurement policy.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2020-030

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.