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Register for Upcoming Procurement Classes

The classes will begin next week and be offered at various dates and times throughout the coming months. They will cover everything from an introduction to procurement to in-depth training on the processes of complex solicitations.  The classes will be provided via Teams Webinar. The dates and times for the September through October classes are

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Office of the Secretary

Sanders appoints aide Fisken as secretary of Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services

She’ll be Transformation, Shared Services secretary  by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette September 6, 2023 FILE — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is shown in this Nov. 16, 2022 file photo. (AP/Phelan M. Ebenhack) Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has named an aide in the governor’s office, Leslie Fisken, as secretary of the state Department of Transformation

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Office of the Secretary

Sanders aide chosen as secretary of Department of Transformation and Shared Services

by Michael R. Wickline | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette September 5, 2023 FILE — The state Capitol is shown in this 2019 file photo. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Tuesday she has appointed an aide in the governor’s office, Leslie Fisken, as secretary of the state Department of Transformation and Shared Services, replacing Joseph Wood, who is now chairman

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Office of the Secretary

Maverick, Trailblazer, Leader: Joseph Wood Never Took the Easy Path

For as long as he can remember, Joseph Wood has felt just a little bit different from the people around him. Adopted into a large family, he felt at times growing up a stranger among siblings, and attending college in diversity-starved Iowa only reinforced how few Black and brown faces there were to mirror his.

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Building Authority

State panel approves $518,125 for updates to Arkansas’ Governor’s Mansion

Funding includes weapon detectors  by Will Langhorne | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette State Building Division Director Anne Laidlaw presents a grant proposal for the Governor’s Mansion at a meeting of the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council at the Mosaic Templars building Wednesday in Little Rock. The concealed weapons detection system is estimated to cost $205,000, officials said in

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Personnel Management

Arkansas’ governor touts paid maternity extension for state employees

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders hands a pen to Rep. DeAnn Vaught, R-Horatio, as Kristi Putnam (left), Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, and Sen. Missy Irvin (right), R-Mountain View, look on during a ceremonial bill signing for a law allowing up to 12 weeks of maternity leave for state employees on Monday, April

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DIS

State agencies respond to Governor’s early executive orders

by Roby Brock / Talk Business & Politics April 16, 2023 On her first two days in office in January, Gov. Sarah Sanders issued a number of executive orders for state agencies to provide reports to her within 30, 60 or 90 days. A Talk Business & Politics review of three of the major executive orders finds

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