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FY2010 Budget Effective July 1

The Fiscal Year 2010 Budget, signed by Governor Sonny Perdue on May 13, will go into effect on July 1, 2009.  The $18.6 billion operating budget is $2.5 billion slimmer than the original FY09 budget passed in 2008 during the early stages of the recession.

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New Leadership in Georgia

       Frank Shelp                      Bill McDonald

On May 4 Governor Sonny Perdue announced that Dr. Frank Shelp will serve as the commissioner of the newly-created Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.  Dr. Shelp currently serves as the Clinical Director at Georgia Regional Hospital in Savannah.

Governor Perdue also announced the appointment of Dr. Bill McDonald to serve as Special Advisor to the Governor on Mental Health.  Dr. McDonald currently serves as professor of psychiatry at Emory University.  He is the chair for late life depression and chief of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Georgia Workforce Statistics

The state government’s workforce is large and always changing.  That’s why we want to keep you informed of what is going on at the enterprise level.  Here’s a monthly snapshot of what is happening with your fellow Georgia government personnel.

*Information below reflects latest available employee statistics