The Administrative Services Division provides core services essential to the day-to-day operation of the Department of Law.
David Blaisdell
Director
Tel: (907) 465-3673
Fax: (907) 465-5419
Bob Meiners
Deputy Director
Tel: (907) 465-5427
Fax: (907) 465-5419
Sheila Bugbee
Administrative Officer II
Tel: (907) 465-3675
Fax: (907) 465-5419
Vacant
Administrative Assistant II
Tel: (907) 465-6268
Fax: (907) 465-5419
Management and Financial Forecasting
Regular review, monitoring, and reporting of expenditures and revenues with the additional emphasis on forecasting authorization balances through the end of the fiscal year.
Contacts:
Management information review and analysis
Bob Meiners - Deputy Director
465-3673
Management report development
Tracy Maher - Budget Analyst IV
269-6594
Budgeting
Annual preparation of the operating and capital budget request for the entire department.
Contacts:
Management information review and analysis
Bob Meiners - Deputy Director
465-3673
Management report development
Tracy Maher - Budget Analyst IV
269-6594
Fiscal and Accounting
Contacts:
Serves as the department's finance officer and fiscal section supervisor. Oversees the development of department fiscal policies as well as overall adherence to governmental accounting practices. Provides training to office managers on all department accounting practices and procedures.
John Seagren - Finance Officer, Section Supervisor
465-3676
Responsible for processing all claims for employee reimbursement including travel (TA's), moving and other miscellaneous business related expenses. Processes all travel related vendor payments including the department's central travel account (CTA), conference registration, and other direct payments for meals, lodging and transportation.
Naomi Sanders - Accounting Technician I
465-2726
Vacant - Accounting Technician I
Responsible for processing complex vendor payments and account and petty cash replenishments and reconciliation (including copier leases, DHL Matthew Bender and West Publishing). Processes routine vendor payments and non-travel warrant requests.
Maria Preston - Accounting Clerk II
465-5408
Process all receipts and deposits for the department. Provide accounting support for the collections and restitution programs, including reconciling receipts (deposits), maintaining an accounting of funds, issuing receipt disbursements for restitution and abatements for collections programs, and recapping collection receipts for distribution to the receiving agency.
Carol Gray - Accountant II
Tel: 465-6269
Fax: 465-5419
Timekeeping and Billing Technicians
Contacts:
Oversight of Billing Cycle Activities, Financial Reporting (Geneva, AKSAS, Javelan, Federal), all other client agency RSA's
Virginia "Gigi" Kelly - Lead Billing Technician
465-5426
Outside Counsel, Administration (Core Services), Environmental Conservation, and Transportation RSA's
Colleen Windom - Billing Technician
465-5416
Administration, Community & Economic Development, and Law Internal RSA's, Drafting RSA agreements.
Neil Spencer - Billing Technician
465-5415
Procurement
Managing the procurement process for outside legal counsel and expert contracts as well as property control and centralized supply purchases.
Contacts:
Coordinates all professional services contracting and all formal RFP or ITB procurements over $50,000. Oversees all department records management and archiving functions.
Patricia Hull - Procurement Specialist III, Section Supervisor.
Coordinates procurement of office equipment, supplies, software, furnishings, telecommunications services, leased office space. Manages department property accounting system and oversees annual property audit. Coordinates procurement and distribution of pre-printed forms, letterhead, business cards, and other printed matter. Responsible for operation of the department's centralized mailroom services in Juneau.
Kevin Ridges - Supply Technician II
Jason Hanna - Mail Services Courier
Timekeeping and Billing
Calculate and revise the federally approved cost allocation plans and the department's attorney and paraprofessional rate structure; managing the Civil Division's full-time attorney and paraprofessional time reporting system (Javelan); generating client billings.
Contacts:
Oversees development of annual cost allocation plan and rate setting methodology.
Bob Meiners - Deputy Director
465-5427
Assists attorneys and case management staff in pointing cases to the appropriate funding sources. Acts as the Javelan System administrator and provides system training, trouble shooting, and ad hoc reporting.
Bob Meiners - Deputy Director
465-5427
Department billing manager responsible for the generation and dissemination of monthly billings to all DO Law client agencies as well as preparation of cost and fees reports and reconciliation of timekeeping errors.
Virginia "Gigi" Kelly - Accounting Tech III
465-5425
Information Services Section
Information Services provides computer hardware and software support to over 500 computer end-users located in Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, Palmer, Kenai, Bethel, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Nome, Barrow, Dillingham, Kotzebue, and Sitka. Responsibilities include network support, application development & maintenance, server and PC hardware installation and support, and software installation. In addition, the section provides individual assistance when necessary, and presents occasional formal training. Other services provided by the section include database and application development, technical liaison on projects involving other public agencies, special projects, and service on statewide technical committees that establish the foundations for state government digital communication.
Contacts:
Department-wide Information Technology issues, strategic planning, resource allocation, policy questions, ETS liason, statewide Technology Management Committee (TMC).
Dave Seng - Information Technology Manager
907-465-5418
Anchorage support number: 907-269-4629
Jennifer Gardino - Microcomputer/Network Specialist II
Jeremiah Bowlus - Microcomputer/Network Specialist I
Patrick Wilson - Microcomputer/Network Technician II
Michael Garcia - Microcomputer/Network Technician I
Vacant - Analyst Programmer
Juneau support number: 907-465-4629
Kirk Radach - Microcomputer/Network Specialist I
Alex Romero - Microcomputer/Network Technician ll
