Administrative Services coordinates and facilitates the business functions of the Department. The Administrative team provides the Department's public relations, budgeting, accounting, and planning services.
The Chief Financial Officer and finance team are responsible for all budgeting and accounting for the Department. The DHA Public Information Officer provides the public relations function for the Department by working closely with the Governor's Office and division directors to ensure the Department maximizes media opportunities.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $1,486,000 from all sources for Administrative Services. This is a 1.6 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $1,628,600 from the General/Education Funds, a reduction of 1.9 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
A five year history of Administrative Service funding is presented in the following table. Funding is used mainly for staff costs and current expense.
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.