In addition to accounting services, the Division
provides a broad range of services to the operating
programs of the Department. The Division orders
office materials and supplies, performs budget
analyses, provides budgetary reports to all levels of
Department management, and prepares the De-
partment's annual operating budget.

INFORMATION SERVICES

Janet Bast, Chief Telephone: 383-2364

Information Services manages computer and
word processing operations within the Department
and works closely with the Data Systems Adminis-
tration Unit. The nature of hardware and software
associated with computer and word processing
systems makes security and centralized managerial
control over these resources essential.

The Section manages the processing of account-
ing transactions from all programs within the
Department. These transactions are received by
the Fiscal Services Division, pre-audited, and dis-
patched to the Information Services Section for
computer processing. Agenda item preparation
and editing are handled in a similar manner.
Agenda items are created at the program level in
word processing media. Upon creation, the agenda
item is captured by the word processing network's
central processing unit, thereby making it electron-
ically accessible to word processing operators in
the Information Services Section for subsequent
editing.

CONTRACT SERVICES

Dorothy N. Neimeyer, Chief Telephone: 383-3048

Contract Services is responsible for the manage-
ment of all capital construction bidding activities,
as well as the preparation and distribution of the
Department's portion of the Board of Public
Works' Action Agenda and the Department of
General Services' Procurement Review Board
Agenda. The Department of General Services'
Procurement Review Board consists of the Depart-
ment's two Assistant Secretaries, who meet to
review and approve procurement transactions dele-
gated to the Secretary of General Services by the
Board of Public Works pursuant to COMAR Title
21. The resources of this section are organized
primarily to manage the two agendas, with each
agenda requiring a complete cycle of activities,
ranging from preparation of agenda items, compi-
lation of the agenda, disposition of each item as a
result of Board action, preparation and execution
of contract documents, notification of using agen-
cies and contractors, and establishment of contract
files. Action Agendas for the Board of Public

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Works are generally prepared twice a month;
Department of General Services' Procurement Re-
view Board Agendas are prepared weekly. This
section also maintains files for both agendas,
including architectural and engineering specifica-
tions.

CASUALTY CLAIMS

Baker Harward, Chief Telephone: 383-3981

The Casualty Claims Unit represents the Depart-
ment and assists the State Treasurer's Office in the
settlement of losses on insured property, both real
and personal, owned by or in the custody of the
State. The Unit's Claims Administrator investi-
gates State property losses, determines the nature
and scope of any necessary repairs, and arranges
for repair or replacement of the damaged property.
The Unit also reviews plans and specifications of
newly completed projects in order to reduce insur-
ance premiums, and writes specifications for proj-
ects involving structure demolitions.

DATA SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION

J. Larry Gelineau, Chief Telephone: 383-3145

The Data Systems Administration Unit was
established in Fiscal Year 1980 to provide data
processing coordination for the Department. The
Unit plans and evaluates all potential data process-
ing and word processing applications within the
Department, and acts as consulting liaison with the
central data processing organization of the State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
OPERATIONS

Robin J. Zee, Assistant Secretary

301 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2440

The Assistant Secretary for Operations is respon-
sible for the management and general direction of
the Office of Real Estate and the Office of Central
Services. The Assistant Secretary coordinates the
development and implementation of policies, pro-
cedures, regulations, and standards to assure that
programs and services effectively meet the needs of
the agencies served. The Assistant Secretary for
Operations and Assistant Secretary for Engineer-
ing constitute the Department's Procurement Re-
view Board.

OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE

Klaus P. Heinemeyer, Director