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Agencies

Agency Information

The Department of Elections coordinates and supervises the work of local electoral boards, registrars, and election officials to obtain uniformity in practices and proceedings in all elections.

The Department of General Services is an intra-governmental service organization that administers the capital outlay budget; it provides services to state agencies and local government such as procurement and fleet services.

The Department of Human Resource Management is the central state agency responsible for administering, developing, and overseeing the state's human resource management system. Areas specifically included are: compensation and policy, equal employment, health benefits, workers' compensation, employee information, and training.

The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA)is the Commonwealth's consolidated information technology organization. VITA supports the Commonwealth by providing cybersecurity, IT infrastructure services and IT governance to state agencies and institutions of higher education.

The Compensation Board reviews and approves annual budgets submitted by constitutional officers and reimburses localities for the state's share of authorized salaries and expenses of constitutional officers and their employees.

The Office of Data Governance and Analytics serves the Commonwealth by advising state agencies and political subdivisions regarding policies, standards, and best practices concerning the creation, maintenance, analysis, and dissemination of data.