Program Description

  Administration

Central Services Unit

The Administration Program provides policy development and leadership for all programs within the Department.

Central Services Staff are specialists responsible for a full range of administrative, financial, and budgetary tasks, including daily operations, revenue collection (fees and development taxes and charges), reporting and management, automation, human resources, fleet management, training, safety, quality assurance, legislative coordination, space management, historic files maintenance, and management services.

Information Technology

DPS' Office of Information Technology Services (DPS-IT) is responsible for all information technology. Functional responsibilities include IT initiatives, development, modernization and the support of the DPS CORE IT business processes. DPS-IT provides day-to-day IT services, equipment, applications, reports, budget, and 24/7/365 business operations. DPS-IT monitors all system maintenance, business processes design, development, hardware and software, and implementation. DPS-IT supports the Senior Executive Office with IT budget and IT directives, consultant, contracts, and COOP collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders. DPS-IT maintains, updates, and monitors website development, business processes interfaces such as e-Services (electronic permits and plans applications, management and storage, real-time data search, on-line complaints, and on-line information requests) development, implementation, document imaging, enterprise and County Council policy initiatives.