General Services, Office of
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| Category | Available 2007-08 |
Appropriations Recommended 2008-09 |
Change From 2007-08 |
Reappropriations Recommended 2008-09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 405,384,000 | 418,469,000 | 13,085,000 | 6,315,000 |
| Aid To Localities | 168,800 | 0 | -168,800 | 0 |
| Capital Projects | 82,350,000 | 80,000,000 | -2,350,000 | 251,314,000 |
| Total | 487,902,800 | 498,469,000 | 10,566,200 | 257,629,000 |
| Full-Time Equivalent Positions (FTE) |
| Program | 2007-08 Estimated FTEs 03/31/08 |
2008-09 Estimated FTEs 03/31/09 |
FTE Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Construction | |||
| Internal Service Funds | 420 | 420 | 0 |
| Executive Direction | |||
| General Fund | 113 | 113 | 0 |
| Internal Service Funds | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| Procurement Services | |||
| General Fund | 161 | 167 | 6 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Internal Service Funds | 78 | 78 | 0 |
| Real Property Management and Development | |||
| General Fund | 819 | 838 | 19 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| Enterprise Funds | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Internal Service Funds | 49 | 49 | 0 |
| Total | 1,751 | 1,776 | 25 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/22/08.
Mission
The Office of General Services (OGS) mission is to manage and lease real property, design build and operate facilities, contract for goods, services and technology, and deliver a wide array of support services, enabling the State of New York to function optimally. The unifying goal throughout all of the Office's varied operations is to assure the efficient use of State resources for all of their customers, whether they are other State agencies, local governments, non-governmental organizations, or the public. As OGS influences the spending of approximately $7 billion in public funds, it is essential that they continually strive to increase efficiencies and overall effectiveness.
Budget Highlights
The 2008-09 Executive Budget recommends $498.5 million All Funds (including $159.3 million General Fund $225.1 million Internal Service Funds, and $114.1 million Other Funds) to support ongoing agency activities. This is an increase of $10.6 million All Funds ( an increase of $2.1 million in the General Fund, $9.8 million in Internal Service Funds, and a decrease of $1.3 million Other Funds) from the 2007-08 budget. This change primarily reflects expansion of efforts to reduce State costs by managing the use of overtime and insourcing building repair and maintenance whenever feasible. The Executive Budget recommends staff of 1,776 for the Office of General Services in 2008-09, an increase of 25 FTEs. A total of 19 FTE's reflect the insourcing of tradespeople to achieve savings, and 6 staff are added to assist localities in identifying contracts that localities can share, thereby reducing their costs.
Major budget action:
- Procurement Modernization: Legislation accompanies the Executive budget that makes permanent the Procurement Stewardship Act. It will also to expand the role of the State Procurement Council to focus more on the establishment of policies governing how State agencies procure commodities, services and technology. OGS will also undertake a study of the State's current procurement practices to ensure that its clients will get the best value at the lowest possible price. The agency will also expand its use of "aggregate buy" under which the State leverages its broad buying power by contracting for large quantities at once, on behalf of all state agencies and local governments. Similar efforts have already saved State agencies $60 million and local governments $140 million for technology procurements alone.
2008-09 Executive Budget — Agency Presentation
General Services, Office of (PDF)