A recent report by the state auditor has indicated that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has not succeeded in reaching the targeted $21.7 million savings from outsourced human resources and payroll functions to Cincinnati-based Convergys Corp. This has prompted Texas state senators to ask for the setting up of a legislative committee to examine all current and future outsourcing contracts of the Commission.
At this point of time, Convergys has not come forward with any comment regarding the reported lack of cost-saving results from the contract. A spokesperson of the Commission stated that the agency did not expect any money-saving results in the first year of contract; rather, it is expected that a total saving of $32.7 million will take place over the next five years. Austin Business Journal reports:
Barrientos and Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, are asking Dewhurst to work with House Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, to create a new, joint interim committee to analyze the findings of the state auditor and scrutinize the commission's contracts, Barrientos spokesman Ryan Duran says.

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