Report 2017-030 Recommendation 14 Responses
Report 2017-030: The State Bar of California: It Needs Additional Revisions to Its Expense Policies to Ensure That It Uses Funds Prudently (Release Date: June 2017)
Recommendation #14 To: Bar of California, State
To ensure that it contracts only for appropriate and necessary services from outside law firms at a prudent rate, the State Bar should put its informal practice into a written policy regarding its process to select the outside legal firms, including documentation of proposals from other prospective law firms and the costs it considers reasonable for the legal services.
1-Year Agency Response
Policies governing requirements for legal services contracts have been incorporated as Section 11.10 in the State Bar's Procurement Manual as of 2/5/18.
- Completion Date: February 2018
- Response Date: June 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented
6-Month Agency Response
The informal practice continues to be in place; formal codification will occur as part of a larger set of revisions to the State Bar's procurement manual, to be completed by January 2018.
- Estimated Completion Date: January 2018
- Response Date: December 2017
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
We look forward to the State Bar providing a more complete description of its actions to implement our recommendations, as well as evidence of those actions, at its one-year response in June 2018.
60-Day Agency Response
The informal practice continues to be in place; formal codification will occur as part of a larger set of revisions to the State Bar's procurement manual, to be completed by January 2018
- Estimated Completion Date: January 2018
- Response Date: August 2017
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2017-030
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.