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Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs [454]

Secretarial Area: Veterans and Defense Affairs

formerly under: Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security

Mission:
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security elevates the status of veterans’ issues by supporting initiatives that assist Veterans, and service members transitioning to veteran status. The Secretary serves as the Commonwealth’s direct liaison between the Department of Homeland Security and the Governor, coordinating and developing a seamless, coordinated security and preparedness strategy and implementation plan. In addition, the Secretary serves as the Governor’s liaison to the active duty military community by leading the Governor’s initiatives pertaining to military installation and defense community issues as well as quality of life initiatives for service members in Virginia and their families.

Mission:

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security elevates the status of veterans’ issues by supporting initiatives that assist Veterans, and service members transitioning to veteran status. The Secretary serves as the Commonwealth’s direct liaison between the Department of Homeland Security and the Governor, coordinating and developing a seamless, coordinated security and preparedness strategy and implementation plan. In addition, the Secretary serves as the Governor’s liaison to the active duty military community by leading the Governor’s initiatives pertaining to military installation and defense community issues as well as quality of life initiatives for service members in Virginia and their families.

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. more... More historical data is available for this agency on DPB's website under the Virginia's Budget page. If you click on the Budget Round Description links under any of the "DPB Appropriation Database" tables and open the filter you can select various fields to get greater detail and you can select the official chapter data going back for several decades. The "Caboose" chapters are the final biennial budget approved by the General Assembly and signed into Law. Check it out here

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	$1,053,299	$65,000	$1,118,299
2008-2010	2010	Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly	$1,053,299	$65,000	$1,118,299
2010-2012	2011	Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly	$473,958	$567,418	$1,041,376
2010-2012	2012	Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly	$473,958	$767,418	$1,241,376
2012-2014	2013	Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly	$479,656	$888,395	$1,368,051
2012-2014	2014	Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly	$948,902	$2,174,899	$3,123,801
2014-2016	2015	Governor's Proposed Budget	$699,823	$4,026,795	$4,726,618
		Base Budget	$699,844	$2,174,899	$2,874,743
		Addenda (Changes to the Base)	($21)	$1,851,896	$1,851,875
2014-2016	2016	Governor's Proposed Budget	$691,320	$888,395	$1,579,715
		Base Budget	$699,844	$2,174,899	$2,874,743
		Addenda (Changes to the Base)	($8,524)	($1,286,504)	($1,295,028)

Positions Budget Summary

Biennium	Fiscal Year	Source	GF	NGF	Total
2008-2010	2009	Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly	9.00	0.00	9.00
2008-2010	2010	Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly	9.00	0.00	9.00
2010-2012	2011	Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly	6.00	3.00	9.00
2010-2012	2012	Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly	6.00	3.00	9.00
2012-2014	2013	Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly	6.00	3.00	9.00
2012-2014	2014	Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly	6.00	3.00	9.00
2014-2016	2015	Proposed Positions	6.00	3.00	9.00
		Base Budget	6.00	3.00	9.00
		Addenda (Changes to the Base)	0.00	0.00	0.00
2012-2014	2016	Proposed Positions	6.00	3.00	9.00
		Base Budget	6.00	3.00	9.00
		Addenda (Changes to the Base)	0.00	0.00	0.00

Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)

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Adjust funding to address encroachment of the Master Jet base

Decision Package

Provides the nongeneral fund appropriation ($3,138,400) of the $7.5 million state contribution to address encroachment of military bases in 2015. The nongeneral fund appropriation is supported with the state's share of the revenue from the sale of property that was purchased using funding previously provided to address encroachment. The general fund portion of the funding ($4,361,600) is provided in the Federal Action Contingency Account (FACT) Fund.

	FY 2015	FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund	$1,851,896	($1,286,504)

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Remove surplus general fund grant match funding

Decision Package

Removes surplus general fund support provided to match federal grant funding.

	FY 2015	FY 2016
General Fund	($20,000)	($30,000)

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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 costs of items such as salary increases, changes in retirement and other benefit contribution rates, as well as the distribution of other centrally funded items.

	FY 2015	FY 2016
General Fund	$17,494	$17,494

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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	$2,253	$3,676

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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	$192	$262

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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	$69	$69

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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	($52)	($52)

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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	$17	$21

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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	$6	$6

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