In last year's report, the committee recommended that the department's video equipment budget of $10,000 be removed and that the activity be privatized. This item was removed for the fiscal year 1993-94, but the capital budget for the fiscal year 1994-95 shows proposed expenditures of $115,000. The activity has, obviously, not been privatized. The committee is not convinced that it is necessary

to expend government funds to invest in video production facilities. There are private sector resources capable of providing the required service, most likely at a lower cost.