Idaho state controller

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Idaho state controller
Incumbent
Brandon Woolf
First holderSilas W. Moody
Website www.sco.idaho.gov/web/scoweb.nsf

The state controller of Idaho is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Idaho. Twenty-one individuals have held the office of state controller or its predecessor office of state auditor since statehood. The incumbent is Brandon Woolf, a Republican.

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Powers and duties

The state controller supervises and manages Idaho's fiscal affairs as its chief fiscal officer. As such, the state controller establishes statewide internal pre-audit accounting controls to assure state funds are spent properly, maintains the state's centralized financial management and accounting systems, administers payroll, and pays claims against the state. The state controller also prepares the annual comprehensive financial report of the state of Idaho, operates the Computer Service Center for the whole of state government, and serves as officio secretary of the State Board of Examiners, which examines all claims against the state outside of regular business operations. [1] [2] In addition, the state controller sits on the following boards by virtue of office:

The state controller should not be confused with the separately elected state treasurer, who serves as Idaho's chief banker and investment officer.

Divisions

The state controller is supported by a professional staff organized into four divisions: the Division of Administrative Operations, the Division of Statewide Accounting, the Computer Services Center, and the Division of Statewide Payroll.

Division of Administrative Operations

The Division of Administrative Operations is responsible for managing the budget, accounts, facilities and human resources of the State Controller's Office. [3] The division also:

Division of Statewide Accounting

The Division of Statewide Accounting is responsible for authorizing and validating state payments against an agency's available cash and appropriation before allowing a payment to be generated. [3] To this end, the division:

Computer Services Center

As a division of the State Controller's Office, the Computer Services Center provides application development, support and other technical services as a central service provider, operates the state's largest mainframe computer and data center, and assists state agencies with technical data processing. [3]

Division of Statewide Payroll

The Division of Statewide Payroll pays and maintains payroll records for approximately 25,000 state employees, conducts payroll training conferences for government employees, and administers garnishment processing, tax reporting, and electronic fund transfers with vendors. [3]

Office holders

Idaho state controllers
OfficeholderPartyAssumed officeLeft office
Silas W. Moody Republican 1/5/18911/2/1893
Frank C. Ramsey Republican1/2/18931/7/1897
J.H. Anderson P-D[ clarification needed ]1/7/18977/2/1899
Bartlett Sinclair1/7/18991/7/1901
E.W. Jones P-D-S.R.[ clarification needed ]1/7/19011/5/1903
Theo Turner Republican1/5/19031/3/1905
Robert S. Bragaw 1/2/19051/4/1909
S.D. Taylor Republican1/4/19091/6/1913
Fred L. Huston Republican1/6/19131/1/1917
Clarence Van Deusen Democratic 1/1/19171/6/1919
Edward G. Gallett Republican1/6/19191/2/1933
Harry C. Parsons Democratic1/2/19331/2/1939
Calvin E. Wright Democratic1/2/19391/1/1945
Ernest G. Hansen Democratic1/1/19451/6/1947
N.P. Nielson Republican1/6/19474/30/1957 (died in office)
Rulon Swensen Republican6/18/1957 (appointed to fill vacancy)1/5/1959
Joe R. Williams Democratic1/5/19592/28/1989 (resigned)
J.D. Williams Democratic3/1/1989 (appointed to fill vacancy then elected)09/30/2002
Keith Johnson Republican10/1/2002 (appointed to fill vacancy then elected)1/1/2007
Donna Jones Republican1/2/20079/15/2012
Brandon Woolf Republican9/15/2012present

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