The 2014 Executive Budget Document
Governor McDonnell's Proposed Budget for the 2014-2016 Biennum
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Released on December 16, 2013 
 
Department of Accounts [151]
Secretarial Area: Finance
Mission:
Provide a uniform system of accounting, financial reporting, and internal control adequate to protect and account for the Commonwealth’s financial resources while supporting and enhancing the recognition of Virginia as the best managed state in the nation.
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $11,750,195 $419,643 $12,169,838
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly $9,540,644 $419,643 $9,960,287
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $10,100,568 $1,648,830 $11,749,398
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $9,998,542 $1,852,882 $11,851,424
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $10,019,093 $821,956 $10,841,049
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $10,847,698 $821,956 $11,669,654
2014-2016 2015 Governor's Proposed Budget $11,866,585 $24,899,362 $36,765,947
    Base Budget $10,847,698 $821,956 $11,669,654
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) $1,018,887 $24,077,406 $25,096,293
2014-2016 2016 Governor's Proposed Budget $12,590,740 $25,251,895 $37,842,635
    Base Budget $10,847,698 $821,956 $11,669,654
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) $1,743,042 $24,429,939 $26,172,981
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2008-2010 2009 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 122.00 3.00 125.00
2008-2010 2010 Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly 102.00 22.00 124.00
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 102.00 22.00 124.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 102.00 22.00 124.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 100.00 38.00 138.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 104.00 54.00 158.00
2014-2016 2015 Proposed Positions 109.00 59.00 168.00
    Base Budget 104.00 54.00 158.00
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) 5.00 5.00 10.00
2012-2014 2016 Proposed Positions 115.00 53.00 168.00
    Base Budget 104.00 54.00 158.00
    Addenda (Changes to the Base) 11.00 (1.00) 10.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Establish internal service fund appropriation for the Cardinal system Decision Package
  Establishes an internal service fund appropriation. The internal service fund consists of the fees imposed upon state agencies and institutions of higher education for the operations and maintenance of the Cardinal system. This amendment is technical in nature.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund $17,620,483 $17,620,483
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Establish internal service fund appropriation for the Performance Budgeting system Decision Package
  Establishes an internal service fund appropriation. The internal service fund consists of the fees imposed upon state agencies and institutions of higher education for the operations and maintenance of the Performance Budgeting system. This amendment is technical in nature.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund $3,961,775 $3,961,775
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Establish internal service fund appropriation for the Payroll Service Bureau Decision Package
  Establishes an internal service fund appropriation. The internal service fund consists of the fees imposed upon state agencies for services such as payroll, benefit enrollment, and leave accounting. This amendment is technical in nature.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund $2,495,148 $2,495,148
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Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the continued cost of public employee salary increases, increases in state employee health insurance premiums, changes in state employee retirement and other benefit contribution rates, and other centrally funded items being continued from the 2012-14 biennium into the 2014-16 biennium.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
General Fund $472,247 $472,247
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Provide additional funding and positions for Cardinal operational support Decision Package
  Provides the minimum staffing and appropriation necessary to provide centralized accounting and financial reporting oversight for the new Cardinal system. Cardinal does not have edit checks built into its software code, necessitating a greater degree of accounting and financial analysis and review. This proposal will provide additional staff to the the department's General Accounting and Financial Reporting sections.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
General Fund $321,725 $535,009
Positions 3.00 5.00
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Provide funding and positions to support the required standard vendor database within Cardinal Decision Package
  Provides the minimum staffing and funding needed to implement and maintain a standard vendor database within Cardinal. The database is being implemented in accordance with recommendations of the Auditor of Public Accounts and Item 260 B.2. of the 2013 Appropriation Act. The database will allow the Commonwealth to uniformly identify and report information on vendors with whom the state contracts.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
General Fund $190,883 $630,650
Positions 2.00 6.00
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Increase nongeneral fund appropriation for Cardinal operating costs Decision Package
  Increases the internal service fund appropriation for operating costs associated with the Cardinal system. The increase in appropriation reflects annual operating costs as well the costs of rolling out the new system to agencies. Revenue to support this request comes from user charges assessed to participating state agencies.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund $0 $352,533
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Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges Decision Package
  Adjusts the agency budget for information technology and telecommunication charges based on the required cost of living adjustments contained in the Northrop Grumman contract and the elimination of the debt recovery surcharge originally approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 12, 2010.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
General Fund $11,200 $72,110
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Adjust funding to reflect changes in rent charges at the seat of government Decision Package
  Adjusts agency funding for changes in the cost of rent charges at the seat of government. Overall rent rate changes are the result of additional costs to maintain facilities.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
General Fund $15,815 $25,804
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Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system Decision Package
  Provides appropriation to the agency's budget to pay for the agency's share of the costs for the new Cardinal accounting system. The Department of Accounts allocates the yearly cost of the system to agencies based upon the number of transactions the agency completed in the previous fiscal year.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
General Fund $6,920 $7,058
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Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges Decision Package
  Provides appropriation to pay for the agency's share of ongoing Performance Budgeting system operating and maintenance costs. The general fund share of this cost was previously budgeted in Central Appropriations.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
General Fund $1,073 $1,073
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Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums Decision Package
  Adjusts the agency's budget for workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 2015 and 2016 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
General Fund ($980) ($913)
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Adjust funding for premium changes in the Automobile Insurance Liability program Decision Package
  Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state's Automobile Insurance Liability program.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
General Fund $4 $4
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Adjust position level for Cardinal operations Decision Package
  Adjusts operational staffing levels during the implementation phase of Cardinal. This amendment provides additional full-time staff in the first year for Cardinal development and reduces full-time staff by six positions in the second year as Cardinal implementation operations decline.
 
  FY 2015 FY 2016
Positions 5.00 (1.00)


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