390.010] ����� 184.315 Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services; confirmation; compensation; bond. (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall be under the supervisi

390.010]

����� 184.315 Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services; confirmation; compensation; bond. (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall be under the supervision and control of a director, who shall be responsible for the functions of the department. The Governor may, however, assume the office of director of the department whenever and for whatever time the Governor deems advisable, but shall receive no increased compensation for doing so.

����� (2) Subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner provided in ORS 171.562 and 171.565, the Governor shall appoint the director, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The person appointed as director shall be well qualified by training and experience to perform the functions of the office.

����� (3) An appointed director of the department shall receive such salary as is provided by law or, if not so provided, as is fixed by the Governor.

����� (4) Before entering upon the functions of office, the director shall give to the state a fidelity bond with one or more corporate sureties authorized to do business in this state in the penal sum fixed by the Governor. [Formerly 291.007; 1973 c.792 �4]

����� 184.325 Duties of director; administrative divisions; appointive power; exception. (1) The Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, with the approval of the Governor, shall organize and reorganize the department in the manner the director considers necessary to conduct the work of the department properly.

����� (2) The functions of the department may be divided into administrative divisions or staff offices. Each division or office shall be under the supervision of a person appointed by the director, with the approval of the Governor. The appointee shall serve at the pleasure of the director, not be subject to the State Personnel Relations Law, and be well qualified by technical training and experience in the functions the appointee is to perform. [Formerly 291.005; 1979 c.468 �27]

����� 184.335 Deputy director; subordinate officers. (1) With the approval of the Governor, the director may appoint a deputy director who shall serve at the pleasure of the director, not be subject to the State Personnel Relations Law, and have full authority to act for the director, subject to the control of the director. The appointment of the deputy director shall be by written order, filed with the Secretary of State.

����� (2) Except as provided in ORS 184.325 and subsection (1) of this section, the director, subject to applicable provisions of the State Personnel Relations Law, shall appoint all subordinate officers and employees of the department, prescribe their functions and fix their compensation. [Formerly 291.009]

����� 184.340 Rules. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, with the approval of the Governor, may:

����� (1) Adopt reasonable rules and regulations that are necessary or proper for the administration of the laws that the department is charged with administering; and

����� (2) Adopt by rule uniform policies or procedures applicable to multiple state agencies, boards or commissions. [Formerly 291.013; 2015 c.30 �1]

����� 184.345 Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide services to certain agencies on reimbursable basis. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may provide on a reimbursable basis administrative and other services, as agreed upon, to a state agency as defined in ORS 291.002. [1969 c.597 �268; 1987 c.320 �143; 1995 c.551 �9; 1999 c.59 �41; 2009 c.595 �164; 2013 c.656 �11; 2016 c.117 �5]

����� 184.351 Corrections population forecasts. (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall issue state corrections population forecasts including, but not limited to, expected populations of prisons and jails and community corrections caseloads, to be used by:

����� (a) The Department of Corrections in preparing budget requests;

����� (b) The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission in considering amendments to sentencing guidelines; and

����� (c) Any other state agency concerned with the effect of offender populations or policy developments on budgeting.

����� (2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall issue state corrections population forecasts on April 1 and October 1 of each year.

����� (3) When the Oregon Department of Administrative Services issues a state corrections population forecast, the forecast must, whenever possible:

����� (a) Identify the forecast�s margin of error; and

����� (b) Attribute growth or decline in the forecast, relative to previously issued forecasts, to specific policies or to specific components of the baseline underlying the forecast.

����� (4) As used in this section, �baseline underlying the forecast� includes population demographics and crime trends. [1995 c.420 �12; 2013 c.649 �40]

����� 184.354 [2001 c.716 �4; repealed by 2016 c.117 �75]

����� 184.355 [1969 c.597 �5; repealed by 1983 c.740 �45]

����� 184.360 Internal audits in state government; policy; reports; rules. (1) As used in this section:

����� (a) �Executive department� has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.112.

����� (b) �State government� has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.111.

����� (2) It is the policy of this state that internal audit activities within state government be coordinated to promote effectiveness.

����� (3) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall adopt rules setting standards and policies for internal audit functions within state government. The rules shall include, but are not limited to:

����� (a) Standards for internal audits that are consistent with and incorporate commonly recognized industry standards and practices; and

����� (b) Policies and procedures that ensure the integrity of the internal audit process.

����� (4) Each agency of the executive department required to have an internal audit function shall produce a risk assessment of the entire agency that conforms to audit standards established by nationally recognized entities such as the United States Government Accountability Office or the Institute of Internal Auditors. The agency shall use its risk assessment as the basis for the selection and performance of at least one internal audit every 12 months.

����� (5) Each agency of the executive department required to have an internal audit function shall audit a component of its governance and risk management processes at least once every five years and file a report with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.

����� (6) Annually, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall prepare a report describing internal audit activities that occurred in state government in the fiscal year preceding the date of the report. The department shall submit the report to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. In the absence of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, the department shall submit the report to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means, the Emergency Board or another committee of the Legislative Assembly designated by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to receive the report. [2005 c.373 �1; 2009 c.578 �1; 2012 c.107 �6; 2025 c.12 �1]

����� 184.365 Authority of Oregon Department of Administrative Services to require fingerprints. (1) As used in this section, �qualified entity� means an entity of the executive department, as defined in ORS 174.112, that contracts with, or that is a party to an interagency agreement with, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for the purpose of receiving human resource services from the department.

����� (2) For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS