The Administrative Services program provides management and technical services to the other divisions of the department in areas requiring technical training, education or knowledge.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $23,801,300 from all sources for Department Administrative Services. This is a 7.4 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $23,711,700 from the General/Education Funds, a reduction of 3.7 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:
Functions include records management, facilities management, policy and procedures, information technology, research and planning, audit, human resources, and finance. This division helps the department meet its goals and objectives by providing support services required for the agency to meet its mission.
Financial Services - The Financial Service Bureau processes 300,000 documents per year. These include: Department payroll and leave accounting for over 2,100 employees, expenditure and revenue accounting, offender obligation restitution and fines, purchasing coordination, and annual budget documents preparation.
Facilities Management. - This bureau works with Division of Facilities Construction and Management on all technical aspects of UDC construction projects.
Records Bureau - The Records Bureau administers department Total Quality Management (TQM) programs, internal and external records systems, and issues coordination.
Funding and Function Shifted - Several of the above listed functions were shifted to the Office of the Executive Director during FY 2003. In order to enhance operational efficiency, the department has shifted these functions back to Administrative Services. Human Resources and Information Services administration and staff have been transferred to the Department of Human Resource Management and Department of Technology Services respectively.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.