Audits & Accounts Department

The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, also known as OPB, provides valuable and timely information and consultation to the state governor and decision makers to improve the operation of the state government. It develops various budget recommendations for the governor s review and is responsible for the implementation of the state budget. The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget maintains several divisions, including administration, capital budgeting, education, executive, human development, information technology, and physical and economic development. Its administration division performs a variety of functions related to accounting, budgeting, purchasing, contract administration, grants management, payroll and internal revisions. The office s information technology division supports its technology infrastructure needs. The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget is located in Atlanta.

GEORGIA LOTTERY MISSION STATEMENT: To maximize revenues for specific education programs by providing entertaining lottery products and quality customer service to our retailers and players, while maintaining the integrity of the Georgia Lottery Corporation and its games.The Georgia Lottery was created in November 1992 by the people of Georgia to enhance educational funding. The Lottery for Education Act created the Georgia Lottery Corporation ( GLC ) to oversee and operate the lottery.On June 29, 1993, the Georgia Lottery began selling tickets. First-week sales of more than 52 million tickets set a new opening week lottery sales record of $7.80 per capita.