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DOJ deputy AG details administrative services staffing shortfalls, IT and billing modernization requests
Summary
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Uddland described staffing shortages in financial services and human resources, proposed policy option packages to add HR and IT resources, and outlined a major legal tools project (Justice Nexus) and related funding requests during the HB 5014 informational hearing.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Uddland provided the Public Safety Committee an overview of the Department of Justice Administrative Services Division and related budget requests as part of the informational hearing on House Bill 5014.
"The mission of the administrative services division is to advance the department of justice's work by providing expert services in core business and operational areas," Uddland told the committee, describing the division as the sole source of administrative support for about 1,500 DOJ employees across 19 locations.
Uddland outlined several operational pressures. Financial services paid roughly 13,000 invoices during the past biennium, processed about 49,000 warrants through the state financial system, and issued nearly 30,000 billing invoices to more than 690 clients, she said. The division has experienced turnover and long vacancies in key financial leadership positions: the chief financial officer post has been vacant…
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