The don't-miss meeting of the day!

The Joint Legislative Accountability and Review Committee is meeting in Olympia today.

The committee's titillating agenda includes:

A look at the preliminary report on the Evaluation of the Accuracy of Capitol Project Estimates. (Basically comparing state agency capitol project cost estimates to final actual costs. We want to know whether we're doing a good job budgeting for big projects. The report says we are, about 3 out of 4 times.)

Review of the final report on Medicaid Prescription Drug Purchasing Performance Review. (Do preferred drug lists save money? This review suggests yes.)

Discussion of preliminary reports on the Tax Preferences Performance Audit. (Washington has 580 state tax exemptions, deferrals and whatnot. Should any of them be repealed or revisited? That's the question this audit tries to answer. And the answer tends to be "no" more than "yes.")

Status update on Implementation of State Auditor I-900 Recommendations to the Legislature. (Initiative 900 directs the State Auditor to conduct performance audits of state and local governments. This status report provides details about legislative implementation of those audit recommendations.)

Doesn't this all sound intriguing? Tune in to TVW starting at 10 to watch!