Government trend of outsourcing policy and draft legislation worries NIK

Drafts of very important legal acts are being created not in ministries, but in state-owned and private companies. The Supreme Board of Inspection (NIK) will soon examine what advisers are used by the government administration. NIK has reservations about the trend of ministry's outsourcing work and the quality of the work. Some ministerial directives were received from agencies and then revised for several months until they were agreed upon. The "Energy Policy of Poland until 2020" was given to a company from the sector, Agencja Rynku Energii S.A. by the Economy Ministry. "This is an example of an incorrect way of creating law, which give rise to pathologies. Companies must care for good law, but in their favor and not in favor of the state," said the president of NIK Janusz Wojciechowski. The Economy Ministry says it must hire specialists from outside, as it has none. (Rzeczpospolita, page A1, A5)