The records in this series relate primarily to the program management function of the
Department of Administration (DOA). This function included a responsibility for improving
efficiency in state government operations. To this end the department conducted organization
and management studies, recommended changes in operations, and created a management
improvement fund for state agencies.
The divisions of DOA responsible for this function were the Bureau of Management
(1959-1967), State Bureau of Budget and Management (1967-1971), Bureau of Planning and
Budget (1971-1975), State Bureau of Program Management (1975-1979), and Division of State
Finance and Program Management (1979-1994). The Bureau of Management was created as part of
the new Department of Administration in 1959. The bureau assumed many of the duties of the
abolished Department of Budget and Accounts. The bureau was renamed the State Bureau of
Budget and Management in 1967. In March 1971, it merged with the Bureau of State Planning to
form a new Bureau of Planning and Budget. A 1975 re-organization created the State Bureau of
Management Services within the Executive Services Division which assumed the management
duties of the Bureau of Planning and Budget. The bureau was renamed the State Bureau of
Program Management in 1977. Finally, another re-organization in 1979 eliminated the State
Bureau of Program Management and assigned its duties to a new Division of State Finance and
Program Management.
