Under the authority of art. III, secs. 1, 16, and, 24 of the Alaska Constitution, I, Walter J. Hickel, Governor of the State of Alaska, order the following in the interest of efficient administration and public participation in state government:

All departments, agencies, commissions, and boards in the executive branch of state government shall electronically transmit to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor the following information to be published in the Alaska Administrative Journal (AAJ):

1. notices of professional service contracts;

2. competitive bids and concessions;

3. leases;

4. notices of proposed regulations;

5. summary of regulations formally adopted by departments, agencies, boards and commissions;

6. delegations of authority;

7. agency meetings; and

8. public notices.

All state departments, agencies, commissions, and boards shall forward the above information to their respective AAJ Liaisons by Wednesday of each week. The AAJ Liaison will forward that information to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor by 4:30 p.m. on the same Wednesday.

I further direct the Lieutenant Governor to provide to the head of all departments, agencies, commissions and boards a description of the information that is required by statute (AS 44.62.175) and any additional information the Lieutenant Governor deems necessary to fulfill his responsibilities as publisher of the AAJ.

This order takes effect immediately.

DATED at Juneau, Alaska, this 8 day of October, 1991.

By: S/S Walter J. Hickel        
Walter J. Hickel                
Governor of the State of Alaska