Florida Department of Management Services
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| Formed | 1992 |
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| Jurisdiction | State of Florida |
| Headquarters | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Motto | We Serve Those Who Serve Florida |
| Employees | 800+ |
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| Website | http://dms.myflorida.com/ |
The Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) is the business arm of Florida government with the primary mission to support sister agencies and current and former state employees with workforce- and business-related functions so they can focus on their core missions as defined in law. The agency's motto is We Serve Those Who Serve Florida.
The head of the Department of Management Services is the Agency Secretary who is appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate. There is no set term limit; the Secretary serves at the pleasure of the Governor. Governor Rick Scott named Chad Poppell as the agency's secretary, effective December 16, 2014.
The Florida Department of Management Services' 1.1 million customers include: state agencies, state employees, state retirees, universities, community colleges, and local governments and their retirees. Residents, visitors and businesses of Florida are also consumers of DMS products and services.
The Department of Management Services (DMS) is a Governor's agency. The Secretary is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating and executing the powers, duties, and functions vested in the agency, its divisions, bureaus, and other subunits. Within the Office of the Secretary are: Chief of Staff, Office of Communications, Legislative Affairs, Office of the General Counsel, Office of the Inspector General, Information Technology and Office of Supplier Diversity. The Chief of Staff oversees the Office of Communications and the Office of Supplier Diversity.
The Department of Management Services is divided into two major service areas: Business Operations and Workforce Operations.
The Division of Human Resource Management (HRM) supports the state and its employees by providing effective and efficient human resource programs and services that attract, develop, retain and reward a high performance workforce. HRM establishes the policies, practices and strategies for the State Personnel System (SPS) within 32 Executive branch agencies, including over 100,000 employees. In addition, HRM represents the Governor as the Chief Labor Negotiator for the SPS, negotiating wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment with seven labor unions representing 13 collective bargaining units covered by 10 contracts.
The Florida Department of Management Services' Division of Retirement administers retirement, disability or death benefits to state retirees or their beneficiaries. The division manages Florida's state-administered retirement systems, monitors Florida's local public retirement systems, oversees local police and fire pension funds in the state that participate, and oversees the State University System Optional Retirement Program and the Senior Management Service Optional Annuity Program.
The Division of Retirement provides access to all retirement account files maintained by the division for all members of the state-administered retirement system, which includes more than one million active, retired and inactive members of the Florida Retirement System (FRS) employed at all levels of government (state, counties, district school boards, universities, community colleges, cities, and special districts).
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