2003 Minnesota Statutes

     116J.011 Mission. 

    The mission of the Department of Employment and Economic 
 Development is to employ all of the available state government 
 resources to facilitate an economic environment that produces 
 net new job growth in excess of the national average, to improve 
 the quality of existing jobs, and to increase nonresident and 
 resident tourism revenues.  It is part of the department's 
 mission that within the department's resources the commissioner 
 shall endeavor to: 

    (1) prevent the waste or unnecessary spending of public 
 money; 

    (2) use innovative fiscal and human resource practices to 
 manage the state's resources and operate the department as 
 efficiently as possible; 

    (3) coordinate the department's activities wherever 
 appropriate with the activities of other governmental agencies; 

    (4) use technology where appropriate to increase agency 
 productivity, improve customer service, increase public access 
 to information about government, and increase public 
 participation in the business of government; 

    (5) utilize constructive and cooperative labor-management 
 practices to the extent otherwise required by chapters 43A and 
 179A; 

    (6) report to the legislature on the performance of agency 
 operations and the accomplishment of agency goals in the 
 agency's biennial budget according to section 16A.10, 
 subdivision 1; and 

    (7) recommend to the legislature appropriate changes in law 
 necessary to carry out the mission and improve the performance 
 of the department. 

    HIST: 1993 c 163 art 1 s 13; 1995 c 248 art 11 s 8; 1998 c 366 
 s 55; 2003 c 128 art 13 s 5; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1