Small Agency Resource Team (SmART)

The Department of Administration's Small Agency Resource Teams (SmART) offer expert human resource and financial management business support services to their clients in state government. With SmART, customers can further focus their energies and resources on core business responsibilities, while SmART professionals focus their talent, knowledge and abilities on the client's human resource and financial management needs.

Across these service areas, SmART shares these goals:

• To provide customers with valuable business support services
• To be recognized for customer service and expertise
• To provide accurate, timely and compliant services

From the many available services, customers can select one, a few or an entire suite which will meet their financial management and human resource needs and help ensure a successful business.

SmART Resources

Workers' Compensation First Report of Injury (PDF)

Human Resources Procedure Guide (PDF)

SmART Team

SmART human resource services include:

Position filling:

• Determining qualifications
• Posting and advertising
• Advising on contract provisions

Payroll/SEMA4 transactions:

• Overseeing payroll accuracy
• Advising on contract provisions
• Overseeing FMLA requests
• Processing SEMA4 transacations

Classifications:

• Making final determinations
• Coordinating Hay Evaluations when necessary

Labor relations:

• Advising on labor relations, employee performance, behavior or attendance issues

SmART financial management services include:

Financial management:

• Purchasing
• Payment processing
• Cash receipts
• Expenditure corrections/expense transfers
• Annual/biennial budget assistance
• Report distribution and review assistance

For more information on SmART financial management services, visit www.admin.state.mn.us/fmr/smart.html.

What are your needs? These and other services are available to state agencies, boards and commissions, which can call SmART at 651-201-2626 with HR questions and at 651-201-2527 with financial management questions.

See our SmART brochure (PDF) by clicking here.

The Department of Administration SmART program strives to meet its goals by:

• Learning and understanding our customers' operations, providing leadership and guidance and serve as a valued resource.
• Offering sound policy advice that will enable wise, informed decision-making by our customers.
• Assisting our customers in developing and monitoring budgets, enhancing financial accountability.
• Meeting human resource needs in an efficient and effective manner, enabling our customers to focus on their core businesses.
• Providing timely, accurate and efficient transaction processing, further enabling our customers' abilities to focus on their core business operations.