Office of Employee Relations

The objective of this office is to maintain a positive environment for employee-employer relations so that the Department of Corrections can successfully fulfill its mission. This office also enables the department to manage and deploy its human resources in the most efficient and economical means possible. The office consists of two primary functional areas: Hearings/Appeals Section and Administrative Law/Civil Employment Litigation Section. These sections are responsible for hearing and resolving employee discipline and grievance issues in a variety of forums, both inside and outside the department.

Office of Fiscal Management

This office identifies current and future Department of Corrections fiscal resources and monitors the expenditure of available funds for departmental needs and objectives. Offices under the auspices of the Office of Financial Management include the Grants Management Office, the Bureaus of Accounting/Procurement, Auditing, Budget/Fiscal Planning and Administrative/Fiscal Support.

Office of Human Resources

This office ensures that all Department of Corrections employees receive their salaries, benefits and human resources services in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations. The main function of this office is to create opportunities and services for all department employees to enhance their careers and better themselves. This office administers a wide variety of personnel and payroll programs and services, including classification and organizational analysis, recruitment, employee benefits, position management, wage and salary administration, and a computerized personnel management information system.

Office of Information Technology

The office supports the core business needs of the Department of Corrections through the development and use of enhanced technologies and information systems. It serves nearly 10,000 total staff members throughout the department and 1,000 Correctional Medical Systems staff members. This office consists of the following major components: Department of Corrections Management Information System (DOCMIS), Telecommunications and Administration. DOCMIS consists of two areas: Correctional Management Information System (CMIS) and DOCNet.

Office of Policy and Planning

This office consists of a Policy Analysis and Planning Unit, the Bureau of Correctional Information Systems (CIS), the Standards Development Unit and the Video Teleconferencing Unit. This office provides technical support and coordinates services between the Department of Corrections and external federal, state, county and local law enforcement systems in implementing new technology systems, including live scan fingerprint systems, digital mug shots, video-teleconferencing and the Government Records Unit. Click on the DOC's OPRA web page for additional information on the Open Public Records Act.

DEPTCOR -- Bureau of State Use Industries

DEPTCOR -- Bureau of State Use Industries is the department's correctional industry program. The mission of DEPTCOR is to employ inmates in enterprises that reduce idleness, produce quality goods and services, offer marketable skills and yield taxpayer benefits. Products and services offered by DEPTCOR are sold to state, county and municipal government.