In order to ensure that the Oklahoma Department of Commerce is effectively implementing its mission, purpose and objectives, the Department shall publish an annual report setting forth in detail the operations and programs conducted by it pursuant to this act or to other legislation. The report shall review both statewide progress and departmental progress according to several measures including objective measures listed in the Department's five-year plan. The Department shall present this report to the Governor and the Legislature. The annual report shall specifically account for ways in which the needs, mission and programs of the Department described in this act have been carried out and recommendations shall specifically note what changes in the activities of the Department and the programs it administers and of state government are necessary to better address the mission described in this act. The Department shall distribute its annual report by such means that will make it widely available to communities, firms and local economic development managers throughout this state.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 222, § 15, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 484, § 16, eff. July 1, 2002.