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State Personnel System Entities


There are 28 departments and other autonomous entities within the executive branch of Florida government covered under the provisions of Chapter 110, State Employment, of the Florida Statutes. Each entity operates within the same state and federal laws but with managerial decentralization. The following chart depicts the entities governed by the State Personnel System.

   
Cabinet1
Governor and Cabinet2
Governor3
Executive Office of the Govenor
Legislative4

Department of Agriculture And Consumer Services
Department of Financial Services
Department of Legal Affairs

Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles
Department of Law Enforcement
Department of Revenue
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Division of Administrative Hearings
Florida Parole Commission

Agency for Health Care Administration
Agency for Persons With Disabilities
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Department of Children and Families
Department of Citrus
Department of Corrections
Department of Economic Opportunity

Department of Education
Department of Elder Affairs
Department of Environmental Protection
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
Department of Health
Department of Juvenile Justice

Department of Management Services
Department of Military Affairs
Department of State
Department of Transportation

Public Service Commission5
1 Cabinet: Entities are headed by an independently elected official.
2 Governor and Cabinet: Entities are headed by the governor and cabinet.
3 Governor: Entities are headed by an appointee of the governor.
4 Legislative: Entities report to the legislature.
5 Although the legislature is not a part of the State Personnel System, some employees of the Public Service Commission are considered part of the SPS per Section 110.205(2)(b), Florida Statutes.

Prepared by the Department of Management Services