About the Department of Budget and Management

Mission

The Department of Budget and Management helps the Governor, State agencies, and their employees provide effective, efficient, and fiscally sound government to the citizens of Maryland. We support agency efforts to achieve results by helping them obtain the fiscal, capital, and personnel resources needed to provide services to Maryland citizens. We are dedicated to providing advice and assistance with professionalism, state-of-the-art technology, modern management techniques, and teamwork.

Vision

We advance the interests of the citizens of Maryland in a state  government that is well regarded, responsive, and contributes to environmentally sound communities whose residents are well-educated, healthy, safe, and gainfully employed. Our success depends on our employees. The recognition we give to individual effort and teamwork will make our agency a very desired place to work. Our advice and assistance will be actively sought. We will  emphasize getting the job done with the utmost professionalism.

Key Goals

Goal 1: Allocated resources contribute to achievement of outcome goals by State agencies.

Goal 2: Executive Branch agencies have a high quality workforce that reflects the diversity of the State.