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Montana Department of Commerce outlines structure and explains indirect cost adjustments as budget hearing opens
Summary
Deputy Director Mandy Rambo presented an agency overview to the Section A Subcommittee of Appropriations, describing Commerce and addressed questions about the Board of Investments splitting administrative services and how $644,000 in prior service charges will affect department budgets.
Deputy Director Mandy Rambo, representing the Montana Department of Commerce, gave the committee an agency overview at the Section A Subcommittee of Appropriations meeting, describing Commerce's mission, four divisions (BrandMT, Business MT, Community MT and Housing MT), and ten attached boards and agencies. Rambo said Commerce's work includes tourism marketing, business attraction, community infrastructure grants, and housing programs administered with both state and federal funds.
The presentation summarized Commerce's organizational structure and funding sources and set the stage for follow-up budget questions about how the department charges other agencies for centralized services such as payroll, human resources, legal, IT and…
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