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Department of General Services outlines major functions, workforce agreements and surplus-property housing efforts; DSA describes expedited school-rebuild work
Summary
DGS briefed the Legislature on its statewide services, workforce provisions in major projects, and a program to screen state surplus property for affordable housing while DSA outlined emergency school-rebuild procedures and expedited plan-review options.
The Department of General Services (DGS) gave the Senate subcommittee an overview of the department's portfolio of services to state government, its use of project labor agreements and community workforce agreements on major public construction, and progress on identifying excess state property for affordable housing. The Division of the State Architect (DSA) described tools and expedited processes it uses to prioritize plan review and assessments in school rebuilds after disasters.
DGS portfolio and functions: Jennifer Osborne, chief deputy director at DGS, summarized the agency's divisions: real estate services (leasing, construction oversight), Division of the State Architect (K'12 and public building design and construction oversight), facilities management (building operations and maintenance), procurement, Office of Administrative Hearings, Office of Risk and Insurance, Fleet and Asset Management, Office of Public School Construction, and other offices.…
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