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
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
More resources
Learn about our other related units and services.
Budget management
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
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 |
N/A |
| Accounts Receivable |
Phone: (860) 713-5136 |
N/A |
| Asset Management |
Phone: 860-713-5130 |
DAS Business Office |
| Budget |
Phone: 860-713-5121 |
DAS Business Office |
| Grants Management |
Phone: 860-713-5130 |
DAS Business Office |
| Mailroom |
Phone: 860-566-4400 |
N/A |
| Payroll |
Phone: 860-713-5174 |
N/A |
| Print Shop |
Phone: 860-566-4718 |
DAS Business Office |
| Project Accounting |
Phone: 860-713-5777 |
N/A |
| Purchasing |
Phone: 860-713-5127 |
N/A |