Business and Finance Division
Budget Department
Purpose
The Budget Department:
- Analyzes funding requests and advises administrators of financial impact and presents viable alternatives
- Analyzes an array of data ranging from minor budget increases to facilitation of prison construction
- Provides an agency perspective in the management of the individual department budgets providing oversight and coordination of agency budget managers
Responsibilities
The Budget Department is tasked with the responsibilities to:
- Plan, formulate, analyze, and monitor agency expenditures and revenue by activity, function, and department
- Develop the Agency Strategic Plan
- Develop the Legislative Appropriations Request
- Secure and oversee the agency's annual operating budget
- Routinely report to the Legislative Budget Board, Governor's Office on Budget Planning and Policy, the Public Finance Authority, the Bond Review Board, and all other legislative and regulatory branches
- Provide technical advice and assistance to departmental division staff
Organizational Structure
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