State Agencies State Planning/269
DEPARTMENT OF STATE PLANNING

Constance Lieder, Secretary

John Sherwood III, Deputy Secretary

Emory C. Harrison, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Capital Program Planning

Edwin L. Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Comprehensive Policy Planning

Arthur Benjamin, Chief, Office of Planning Data

James W. McConnaughhay, Director, State Intergovernmental Assistance Clearinghouse

C. Allen Miles, Director of Operations

Judith A. Armold, Counsel, Assistant Attorney General

301 West Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2450

The Department of State Planning was created by Chapter 155, Acts of 1969, and amended by
Chapter 596, Acts of 1971; Chapter 695, Acts of 1972; Chapter 291, Acts of 1974; and Chapters 309,
683, and 746, Acts of 1980. The Department is successor to the State Planning Department established
by Chapter 543, Acts of 1959, which replaced the Maryland State Planning Commission, established
by Chapter 39, Acts of the Special Session of 1933.

The Department of State Planning is the Governor's staff agency on planning matters. Its major
functions are first, to plan for State government itself, primarily through the capital program and
through assistance to State agencies, and second, to plan for overall State growth and development,
conservation and preservation of resources, and coordination of economic, environmental, and social
policies and programs.

The Office of the Secretary provides direction to the Department and performs other specific duties.
Among these duties is participation on many boards, commissions, and committees mandated by the
Legislature or by appointment of the Governor. In 1980 two new groups were formed—the State De-
velopment Council and the Patuxent River Commission. Created by Executive Order, the Development
Council is chaired by the Secretary of State Planning. The Council members include the Secretaries of
Economic and Community Development, Health and Mental Hygiene, Agriculture, Natural Resources,
and Transportation, and the Lieutenant Governor. The Council is mandated to propose policies guid-
ing the allocation of State physical and economic resources. A Task Force of legislative, local govern-
ment, and citizen members will review and hold hearings on proposals of the Council.

The Patuxent River Commission was created by Chapter 746, Acts of 1980. The Commission, which
is appointed by the Governor, is composed of ten members, one from each of the seven counties within
the watershed and three ex officio members from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Nat-
ural Resources, and State Planning. The duties of the Commission are to review the operation of the
State and local agencies in regard to the Patuxent River; to provide a clearinghouse for watershed in-
formation; to review plans and comment on reports relevant to the river; to conduct public hearings;

to prepare an annual report; and to assist State Planning in the preparation of the Patuxent River Poli-
cy Plan.

Other activities of the Secretary's office are legislative analysis, public communication, and various
interagency and intergovernmental coordination functions. Planning workshops and conferences are
promoted by this Office.

The major functions of the Department are met through two principal operating divisions—Capital
Program Planning and Comprehensive Policy Planning.