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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT of DRIVER SERVICES | FY 2022 ANNUAL REPORT
        AGENCY STRUCTURE







             FINANCE

             This Division is responsible for   and expenditure projections are
             securing, managing and reporting   vital tasks that the budget office
             the department’s financial         performs.
             resources. Major units include     Grants management and budget
             Budget, Accounting & Payroll,      analysis are critical to ensure that
             General Ledger, Procurement,       DDS utilizes all money avenues
             and Grants Administration and      to support the mission. This unit
             Revenue Collection.                is responsible for interacting

             Accounting & Payroll               with all divisions within the
                                                agency to identify funding needs,
             Accounting includes the Accounts   applying for financial support,
             Payable, Revenue, and General      and managing the financial
             Ledger units. Accounts Payable     and programmatic aspects of
             (AP) processes all checks for      subsequent awards.
             expenses of the Department,
             such as utilities, rents, supplies,   Procurement
             and travel expenses. AP entered    Procurement issues Request For
             10,700 vouchers for Fiscal Year    Proposals (RFP), Request For
             2022.                              Quotes (RFQ), other bid requests,
             Revenue balances all money         Purchase Orders (PO) and VISA
             collected at the CSCs. They        Purchase Cards (P-Card). They
             balanced revenue totaling          develop specifications for all bid
             $73,333,100. General Ledger        items.
             is responsible for balancing all
             monthly bank statements and        GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
             the daily automated renewal
             processes of mail-in and internet.   AND COMMUNICATIONS
             DDS has 56 bank accounts.          This Division is responsible for     (MVN) information service are also

             The Payroll Unit is responsible    tracking legislation and keeping     responsibilities of this unit.
             for processing pay checks/direct   the Commissioner informed on         In addition, this Division provides
             deposits for all employees for two   relevant issues relating to the    marketing and public information
             pay periods each month. They       agency, soliciting and reviewing     for the Agency’s initiatives. They
             also balance all time and leave    all requests for new legislation     also focus on DDS’ social media
             through the Kronos system.         and monitoring legislation           presence including maintaining
                                                proposed during the General
             Budget develops and submits the    Assembly. They produce the           the Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,
             current year end annual operating   agency’s award winning monthly      LinkedIn and YouTube accounts.
             budget (AOB) and the next fiscal   electronic newsletter, The Scoop,    Accomplishments this year include
             year budget request (Program       highlighting team members and        successful marketing campaigns
             Based) to the Governor’s Office    their accomplishments. The           to support First Lady Marty Kemp’s
             of Planning and Budget (OPB).      production of five Georgia training   efforts against Human Trafficking
             Budget tracking, maintenance                                            and promoting DDS’ free Voter ID
                                                manuals and management of the
                                                statewide Motor Vehicle Network      Program.


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