Earlier this summer, MTN reported that the Gianforte administration was looking to centralize state agencies procurement, human resources and information technology under the Montana Department of Administration. Now, DOA leaders are providing more details about the planned changes.

Department director Misty Ann Giles says her staff has been meeting with other agencies over the last few weeks to get a better understanding of their needs. Those meetings are continuing as the transition approaches.

All of us are striving towards the same goal: to try to increase our effectiveness, increase efficiency, make things easier for all of our employees and how they do that work, and have that consistency across the enterprise, Giles said. So far, it's been a pretty positive conversation.

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