DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL
Theodore E. Thomton, Sr„ Secretary of Personnel
Otto A. Klier, Deputy Secretary of Personnel
John F. X, O'Brien, Assistant Secretary for Research and Planning
Christ G. Christis, Assistant Secretary for Retirement Systems
William E. Claridge, Superintendent, State Accident Fund
James F. Truitt, Jr., General Counsel

301 West Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-4614

The Department of Personnel is the successor department to the State Commissioner of Personnel,
established by Chapter 310, Acts of 1953. The position had been previously known as the Commis-
sioner of Employment and Registration (Chapter 41, Acts of 1920). "The Department consists of what
had previously been the office of the Commissioner of Personnel (Article 64A), the State Board of
Ethics (Article 19A), the Board of Trustees of the State Employees' Retirement System (Article 73B),
Teachers' Retirement System (Article 77), State Police Retirement System (Article 88B), State- Acci-
dent Fund (Article 101), and the Maryland State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan (Article
73B). This involves responsiblity to provide competent employees to fill authorized classified positions,
to administer a personnel system for equitable and consistent treatment of St$ite employees, to provide
workmen's compensation and employer's liability coverage for Maryland employers (including State
government), and to manage the operations of the various State Retirement systems.

The Department is organized into nine administrative units. The office of the Secretary 'and the Dep-
uty Secretary provide overall policy direction for the various programs of the Department and include
administrative staff support units, including Research and Planning, Fiscal Mangement, Equal Oppor-
tunity, Data Processing, Legal, and Public Relations. Other major components of the Department in-
clude Salary Administration and Position Classification, Recruitment and Examination, Employee
Training and Development, Employer-Employee Relations, Administrative Services, the State Accident
Fund, the State Retirement Systems, and the Social Security Division (Code 1957, Art. 41, sees,
213-220; Art. 64A).

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (EXECU-
TIVE DIRECTION)

The Secretary advises the Governor on all
matters assigned to the Department of Personnel
and is responsible for carrying out the Governor's
policies with respect to such matters. The Office
of the Secretary consists of the following:

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Equal Opportunity is responsible for planning,
coordinating, and evaluating departmental equal
opportunity programs, handling complaints of
alleged discrimination related to State employ-
ment, and providing training and technical assis-
tance to State agencies regarding equal opportu-
nity activities.

GENERAL COUNSEL

General Counsel is responsible for representa-
tion of the Department in all legal matters and for
rendering legal aid, advice, and counsel to the Sec-
retary and staff of the Department.

FISCAL MANAGEMENT

Fiscal Management has responsiblity for overall
general accounting for the entire Department.

DATA PROCESSING

Data Processing has responsibility for providing
automated data processing services for departmen-
tal activities, including employee personnel trans-
action processing and maintenance of records re-
lating to positions in State service.