The Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) is a

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which manages and supports the basic functioning of the government of Oklahoma. Under the leadership of the Oklahoma Secretary of Agency Accountability, OMES provides financial, property, purchasing, human resources and information technology services to all state agencies, and assists the

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on developing the annual state budget. Originally called the Office of State Finance, the agency was renamed to its current name in 2012. The Office is headed by a director who is appointed by the governor with the approval of the

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in 2020. Harpe replaced John Budd, the state’s Chief Operating Officer who had been serving in a dual capacity. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services was created in 2012 during the term of Governor

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Overview

History

The Office of State Finance was created in 1947 by

Robert S. Kerr Robert Samuel Kerr (September 11, 1896 – January 1, 1963) was an American businessman and politician from Oklahoma. Kerr formed a petroleum company before turning to politics. He served as the 12th governor of Oklahoma from 1943 to 1947 and ...

to replace the State Budget Office. In April 2010, Governor Brad Henry appointed the Oklahoma's first chief information officer following legislation passed in the last session of 2009 modernizing Oklahoma's state government information technology system. Part of the CIO's responsibilities is to identify synergies possible through the reduction of duplicate systems and centralizing IT infrastructure. The Office of State Finance was significantly reformed in 2011 when Governor

signed th
Government Administrative Process Consolidation and Reorganization Reform Act of 2011
Pursuant to that Act, several agencies were consolidated into OSF, including the

Oklahoma Department of Central Services The Oklahoma Department of Central Services (DCS) was an agency of the government of Oklahoma which was dissolved in 2011. DCS was responsible for providing services to help manage and support the basic functioning of all state agencies. DCS prov ...

, the Oklahoma Office of Personnel Management, the Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Council, and the Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board. All the powers and duties of those agencies were vested in the director of OSF and the individual agencies became subsidiary divisions of the OSF, which was renamed the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

External links

Official Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services websiteLink to House Bill 1304Recovery.org - Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services Award InformationCapgemini Assessment of Oklahoma
* Capgemini Information {{authority control Finance, Office of State Government agencies established in 2011