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This bill aims to streamline and modernize state agency publications by reducing redundant, outdated, or excessive reporting requirements across multiple state departments. The legislation makes several key changes, including shifting from physical publication to digital formats and reducing the frequency of certain reports. Specifically, the bill modifies requirements for various state agencies, such as mandating that brand and mark publications be made available online instead of being sold in print, eliminating mandatory periodic reports to the legislature, and changing the frequency of publication reviews from every two years to every ten years. For example, the Department of Natural Resources will no longer be required to submit annual reports on rights-of-way, and the Department of Health and Social Services will no longer need to prepare annual staffing reports. The bill also requires state agencies to compile lists of their publications every ten years, identifying those that are outdated, duplicative, or could be improved, and submit these lists electronically to legislative leadership. Ultimately, the legislation seeks to reduce administrative burden, save resources, and modernize government reporting practices by leveraging digital communication methods and eliminating unnecessary paperwork.

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https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB177