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Agency of Administration presents FY2026 budget overview; few major new general‑fund items
Summary
The Agency of Administration told the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 11 that its FY2026 central office budget is largely business as usual, with the main changes being elevation of the Office of Racial Equity, a new chief communications officer position focused on digital accessibility, and set‑aside clean water matching funds.
The Agency of Administration presented its proposed FY2026 central office budget to the Vermont House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, Feb. 11, emphasizing that the request is largely “business as usual” while highlighting a handful of new and restructured items.
Nick Bramer, chief operations officer for the Agency of Administration, opened the presentation and described the secretary’s office budget as the “backbone component of state government” that often houses initiatives that later move to other agencies. He told the committee the FY2026 package is “fairly noncontroversial this year” but includes accounting and structural changes intended to increase transparency.
Why it matters: the secretary’s office centralizes functions that affect many parts of state government — finance, human resources, recovery work after floods, and risk and insurance administration — so changes in its appropriation can affect how services are funded and delivered across state departments.
Bramer outlined the central office components the committee was being asked to consider: the secretary’s central office…
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