DPB's organization and divisions           Organization Chart 

Budget Divisions

The following divisions have primary responsibility for many of the major functions of the agency, including developing and executing the state's budget. They are organized generally along the lines of the Governor's secretaries, with one division serving a coordinating role.
 

Commerce, resources, and finance

This division provides analysis and advice in planning, budgeting, policy development, and program evaluation for the Governor and the Secretaries of Commerce and Trade, Finance, and Natural Resources.
 

Education

This division provides objective and comprehensive analyses of policy, programmatic, and budgetary issues in the higher education arena to the Governor, Secretaries of Education and Finance, DPB director, and the General Assembly.
 

Health and human resources

The division directs the review of budget, policy, and legislative issues for the Commonwealth's complex network of social and health-related activities. This includes formulating policies and procedures that are responsive to the constituents served and consistent with the administration's priorities, law, and revenue expectations. Through objective and thorough analysis, the health and human resources budget team provides analysis and budgeting advice to the Governor and the Governor's Cabinet to ensure that state resources are used in a manner consistent with the Governor's objectives.
 

Transportation and public safety

This division provides assistance to the Governor; the Secretaries of Transportation, Public Safety, and Administration (related to Compensation Board issues); associated agencies; and to the judicial system for development and execution of the budget within the context of law, public policy, and efficient use of available resources.
 

Budget operations

This division designs and manages the process for soliciting operating and capital budget requests, analyzing the requests, and transforming various analyses and policy decisions into budget recommendations. This includes formulating policies and procedures that are responsive to the administration's priorities, state law, and revenue constraints. This division is responsible for planning, developing, and coordinating the budget bill and budget document. It develops policies and procedures for budget execution. It also coordinates the forecasting of nongeneral fund revenues, the development of Executive Orders for the Governor, and special budget execution projects for the Governor and Secretary of Finance. This division guides the development and implementation of statewide and agency level performance management systems. These systems integrate evolving strategic planning, program and performance evaluation, and performance-based budget initiatives designated by the Governor, General Assembly, and Council on Virginia's Future. Lastly, this division conducts budget analysis and formulates recommendations on statewide compensation issues and other issues that cut across budget divisions, as well as K-12 education, and provides analysis and budgeting advice to the Secretary of Administration and the Secretary of Technology.
 

Other Divisions

Economic and regulatory analysis

This division is responsible for assessing the policy implications and estimating the economic impact on Virginia of all proposed regulations.  It coordinates the rulemaking process and advises the Governor's Secretaries and Policy Office concerning regulatory matters.  This division is also responsible for forecasting major budget items such as Medicaid expenditures, AFDC caseloads, and prison populations, as well as quantitative and independent research on a wide array of subjects.
 

Information and administrative services

This division develops and implements automated computer systems for the agency which manage the Commonwealth's budget development and execution activities, including production of the budget bill.  It also administers the agency's computer network and web site.  This division also provides accounting, procurement, employee relations, and facilities management services for DPB.
 

Best Management Practices

As issues confronting state agencies continue to become more complex, there is a growing need for agency leaders to seek more effective methods for managing their business processes. Established in 1999, the Best Management Practices division undertakes short-term, in-depth, and confidential examinations of state agencies at the request of the Office of the Governor or executive branch agency heads. The division seeks to identify those areas that need improvement, to clarify causes of inefficiencies, and to provide and recommend implementation of best business practices for each situation. The guiding philosophy of the division is to act as internal consultants, treating the affected Secretarys Office as the chief client and, by extension, the agency head as a secondary client. Strict adherence to this approach allows the division to serve as confidential advisor on sensitive issues and to freely present consequences and benefits of alternate policy options. The division seeks to improve agency operations, subject always to the policy guidance of the Governors Office.