The Bureau of Budget Administration ...
provides technical budget support and financial monitoring throughout budget development and implementation and directs the administration of the Commonwealth’s annual operating budget cycle through the development and implementation of budget and rebudget instructions and guidelines. The bureau also manages the Office of the Budget’s budget preparation database and production of budget reports; manages the preparation and production of the Governor’s Executive Budget; and assists in the review and analysis of appropriations bills to develop and issue expenditure symbol notification letters authorizing agencies’ implementation of the Commonwealth’s enacted budget. The bureau also works with the Office for Information Technology for the development and implementation of budgetary processes into the Integrated Enterprise System.
The Budget and Fiscal Management division provides comprehensive fiscal management for Executive Office agencies, boards and commissions, and some other smaller organizations.. Primary functions include:
- Budget Preparation: Creation of budget proposals, hearing packages, rebudget coordination, and Requests for Approval of Federal Funds (RAFFs);
- Interagency Billings: The collection of revenues from organizations served by the Executive Offices via general invoices or cost allocations;
- Spending Plan Monitoring: Monthly spending plan reviews by fiscal staff with program managers to ensure accuracy and to develop spending projections, identify trends, and prepare summary reports; and
- Spending Oversight: Spending clearance in the requisition workflow for purchases to ensure that funds are available, services/commodities are related to meeting the organization's mission as economically as possible, and documents are coded to the appropriate cost centers and funds.
