Business Office
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DAS Business Office overview

The Department of Administrative Services (DAS) Business Office helps several agencies with financial and fiscal services, ranging from managing physical assets, to providing grant management services, to purchasing office equipment and supplies.

The Business Office supports the Connecticut State Library (CSL), the Department of Agriculture (DoAG), the Department of Administrative Services (DAS), the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), the Office of the Governor, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, and the Office of Governmental Accountability.

Find the following services here:

  • Physical asset management
  • Budget management 
  • Grants management 
  • Purchasing 
  • Collection services
  • Mail, print, and courier services

Asset management

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DAS asset control

We work with agencies to record, track, and dispose of physical assets and equipment throughout their useful life cycle.

Services include:

  • Reporting financial information to the state’s Core-CT system
  • Tagging physical assets and taking yearly inventory
  • Reconciling results of perpetual inventory records 
  • Reporting findings to the Office of the State Comptroller
  • Disposing of unneeded equipment and items
  • Claiming of needed items on the state surplus system
Learn more about surplus  

More resources

Learn about our other related units and services.


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Office of Grants Administration

Learn about the Office of Grants Administration’s (OGA) work to oversee school construction grant applications and payments.
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CT DAS print, mail, and courier services

Learn about DAS printing, mail, and courier services, a full-service shop offering print services to all state agencies, municipalities, and non-profits.
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Fiscal services

Take a deeper dive into DAS’s Project Accounting, the School Construction Audit Unit, and more.

Budget management

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DAS Budget management services

DAS Budget management develops and administers customer agencies’ midterm and biennial budgets.

  • Developing and submitting agency budgets
  • Monitoring and reporting on monthly expenditures
  • Developing financial projections and estimates
  • Meeting with agency heads to review budgets and expenditures
  • Preparing ad hoc reports for:
    • Conducting financial analysis
    • Developing revolving fund budgets, rates, and financial statements
  • Responding to requests for information from auditors, Office of Policy and Management (OPM), Office of Fiscal Analysis (OFA), and customer agencies

Grants management

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DAS Grants management services

We help customers with grants management services, including federal and other restricted accounts. Our unit gives agency programs the best results while following federal and state regulations and rules. We are always monitoring how agencies spend and report awards to make sure the process is efficient and financially responsible. 

Services include:

  • Reporting federal and state information
  • Making and interpreting rules
  • Budgeting
  • Other grants management services

More resources

Find out about our other related resources.


Collection services 

Find out about DAS Collection Services, including billing, recovery, and delinquent accounts., the Connecticut State Tax Intercept Program, and the Central Accounting Unit (CAU).

Internal Audit Division 

The Internal Audit Division is two separate and unique units, both reporting to the Internal Audit Director: The School Construction Audit Unit, and the Internal Audit Unit.

Surplus program 

Learn about the distribution of surplus state-owned property.

Directory

Unit Contact Physical Address
Accounts Payable

Phone: (860) 713-5136
Email: DAS.M1.AP@ct.gov

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Accounts Receivable

Phone: (860) 713-5136
Email: DAS.M1.AP@ct.gov

N/A

Asset Management

Phone: 860-713-5130
Email: DAS.AssetManagement@ct.gov

DAS Business Office
450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite N1101
Hartford, CT  06103

Budget

Phone: 860-713-5121
Email: DAS.Budget@ct.gov

DAS Business Office
450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite N1101
Hartford, CT  06103

Grants Management

Phone: 860-713-5130
Email: DAS.GrantsMgmt@ct.gov

DAS Business Office
450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite N1101
Hartford, CT  06103

Mailroom

Phone: 860-566-4400
Email: DAS.Mailroom@ct.gov

N/A

Payroll

Phone: 860-713-5174
Email: DAS-DLPayrollSmart@ct.gov

N/A

Print Shop

Phone: 860-566-4718
Email: DAS.Printshop@ct.gov

DAS Business Office
450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite N1101
Hartford, CT  06103

Project Accounting

Phone: 860-713-5777
Email: DAS.ProjectAccounting@ct.gov

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Purchasing

Phone: 860-713-5127
Email: DASM1.purchase@ct.gov

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