The Georgia statement, Georgia. Merit System, Vol. 6, no. 2 (Fall 2003)

News, policies and trends for all state government

employees and agencies, published quarterly by the Georgia Merit System.

VOLUME 6, NO. 2

FALL 2003

Perdue Taps Leadership for

the "New Georgia"

Appointments as of November 14, 2003

The New Georgia was a phrase echoed by Governor Sonny Perdue to indicate the level of changes that would occur in Georgia under his administration. He indicated early in his administration that a change in leadership of many agency heads, executive directors and board appointees would be necessary to change the culture of

state government. Perdue has hailed the "New Georgia" as a responsible government that will restore public trust and place people before politics. Since Perdue took office in January, 48 executive level appointments have been made.
"I am honored that these individuals have joined our efforts to build a new, more

responsive Georgia," said Governor Perdue. "This team is made up of very unique men and women with broad and diverse perspectives that will have an impact on state government as we work to meet the needs of our citizens."

Eric Tanenblatt Chief of Staff Governor's Office

Thomas Hills Chief Financial Officer
Governor's Office

Jim Lientz Chief Operating Officer
Governor's Office

Brigadier General James Sehorn Inspector General Governor's Office

Bill Hitchens Director, Homeland Security
Governor's Office

Harold Melton Executive Counsel Governor's Office

INSIDE
New Georgia Leadership ........1-2
Technology Tips ........................3 Want Some Cookies?
State IG Reminds Employees of Computer Use Policy ..............4
Education Instructor of The Year ..................................3
Money Matters ..........................5 Georgia Student Finance Commission Offers Hope and Beyond Government Spotlight ..............4 Department of Technical and Adult Education
Vocabulary ................................4
Workplace Tips ..........................5 Your Job Performance
Retirees ................................6-11
Governor Perdue Annunces Work Away ............................11
Charities Benefit from State Employees' Generosity ..........11
Soup Kitchen Serves Homeless ................................12
Scholarships ............................12

Dan McLagan Director, Communications
Governor's Office

Annie Hunt Burriss Legislative Policy Governor's Office

Dana Russell * Commissioner Administrative Services

Michael Froelich * Executive Director Agriculture Exposition Authority

David G. Sorrells Commissioner
Banking & Financing

Vernon Keenan Director
Bureau of Investigation

Georgia State Government
Employees Shopping Weekend at
FAO Schwarz

Paul R. Burks * Executive Director Environmental Facilities
Authority

Karl Counts * Director
Charles H. Herty Foundation

Gordon Joyner * Executive Director Commission of Equal
Opportunity

Mike Beatty Commissioner Community Affairs

Tim Burgess Commissioner Community Health

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Gail Buckner * Director
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

Governor's Mansion Holiday Tour
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Please log on to www..gms.state.ga.us for ticket information to the following events.

Mike Sherberger
Director Emergency Management Agcy.

Gena Abraham, Ph.D. Director, Construction Division Finance and Investment Comm.

Robert Dallas Director
Office of Highway Safety

Glenn Cornell Director
Industry, Trade and Tourism

Bill Donohue * Executive Director Jekyll Island State Park Auth.

Marjorie H. Young * Commissioner Merit System

Stone Mountain
Park

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Lonice C. Barrett * Commissioner
Natural Resources

Bill Hutson Executive Director Peace Officers Standard and Training Council

Tim Connell Director
Office of Planning & Budget

Doug J. Marchand * Executive Director
Ports Authority

Dr. Floyd D. Toth * Executive Secretary Professional Standards
Commission

Colonel George A. Ellis Commissioner Public Safety

Dale Mann Director
Public Safety Training Center

Steve Stancil Executive Director Regional Transportation Auth.

Bart Graham Commissioner
Revenue

Marsha Moore Director
Office of School Readiness

David Bennett Executive Director Soil & Water Conservation
Commission

G. Curtis Branscome * Chief Executive Officer Stone Mtn. Memorial Assoc.

Martha Reichrath, Ph.D. Executive Director
Office of Student Achievement

Shelley Nickel Executive Director Student Finance Commission

Georgia State Government Employees Shopping Weekend at FAO Schwarz
FAO Schwarz at Lenox Square is again hosting a special shopping weekend for all Georgia State Government Employees on Friday, December 5; Saturday, December 6; and Sunday, December 7 during their regular store hours. (Mon-Sat 10:00 am - 9:00 pm;
Sun 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm / Phone: 404-261-3390). By simply showing their State ID, State Employees will obtain a 15% discount on all in-store items. As an added convenience, this discount will be extended to orders placed via email with FAO Schwarz's Personal Shopper, Ms. Teresa Parsons. She may be reached at: TParsons@faoinc.com The FAO Schwarz staff is excited about hosting this special weekend and looks forward to assisting Georgia's State Government Employees.
The Georgia Statement
Volume 6, Number 2
State Personnel Board
M. David Alalof, Chair Geri P. Thomas, Vice Chair Claybon J. Edwards, Member Melinda Langston, Member
Georgia Merit System
Marjorie H. Young, Commissioner
Office of Communications and Marketing Deborah Williams, Managing Editor Carletta Henderson-Youngs, Editor Cleveland Clements, Copy Editor
The Georgia Statement is published quarterly for state employees by the Commissioner's Office of the Georgia Merit System. If you wish to submit comments or need to correct a distribution problem/address, contact Editor, The Georgia Statement, 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SE, Suite 504 West Tower, Atlanta, GA 30334, call 404-657-0375, or Commissioner's Office at www.gms.state.ga.us/contact. If you have a disability and need this material in an alternative format, notify the Editor at the above address, or for TDD Relay Service only: 1-800-255-0056 (text telephone) or 1-800-255-0135 (voice). This publication is accessible on our website: www.gms.state.ga.us.
The Georgia Merit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Dr. Kenneth H. Breeden * Commissioner
Technical and Adult Education

Tom Wade Executive Director Technology Authority

Harold Linnenkohl Commissioner Transportation

W. Daniel Ebersole * Director
Treasury and Fiscal Services

Pete Wheeler * Commissioner Veterans Services

Dan Graveline * Executive Director World Congress Center
Authority

Not pictured: DeAlvah H. Simms, Office of Child Advocate.
*Reappointments

Governor's Mansion Holiday Tour Schedule:
Tree Lighting Night: December 7th - 6:30 PM
Public Tours: December 8th - December 19th Monday - Friday Hours: 10 AM - 1 PM Saturday & Sunday: 1 PM - 4 PM
Friday, December 19th is the last Public Tour day.
Deadline for Winter issue is December 22, 2003

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TECHNOLOGY TIPS

Want Some Cookies?
by Walter Tong Information Security Group

If you ever wonder why you get so much junk mail, there is a reason for much of it, Cookies. Cookies are programs written to be placed on your computer system to perform specialized tasks. In many cases, they identify your e-mail address, record websites visited, create a path to download other programs such as advertising banners and finally, allow this information to be sold to other advertisers.
There are a couple of procedures you can perform to slow down the amount junk mail coming to you. The steps are performed while you are in Windows. The first procedure requires you to enter through the Control Panel- "Internet Options" or the Tools - "Options" menu tab to reject cookies or set the privacy levels that will block or reject non-privacy cookies. Setting high privacy levels or

blocking all cookies may affect your internet experience. The second procedure which can be performed without implementing the first method, is to: Click on "Start" Click on "Search" Select "For Files or Folders" Type the word Cookies within
the "File or Folders" field Once you finish typing in the
word Cookies press the "Enter" key Highlight the files Press the "Delete" key Close the boxes/window boxes Go to the "Recycle Bin" and delete the files again. Note that there may be several folders containing cookies. Opening these folders will reveal information as to the size of the file, type of document and date of last modification. If you click on the file you may actually see the script that has been planted in

your computer. Be careful when selecting files to delete. Some websites will store your personal preferences or allow specific services to be automated. It would be wise to error on the side of having junk mail than having to reset your preferences. Should something go wrong during the process, call the Help Desk or service support.
Blocking and routine deletion of cookies will help hold down the volume of junk mail, but it will not stop it all. As the saying goes, "...the horse has already been let out of the barn." and it is now a matter of trying to keep the gate closed most of the time.

Volunteer Hunter Education Instructor of the Year

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) presented Michael J. Tallant of Clayton County as the 2002 Volunteer Hunter Education Instructor of the Year on August 5, 2003. WRD presents this award annually in recognition of an instructor who displays outstanding volunteer efforts in educating people on wildlife conservation and the importance of safety while hunting.
"Michael has been active in promoting hunter education as early as 1980 and continues to be one of our most valuable instructors," says WRD Capt. James Bell, State Hunter Education Coordinator.
Tallant is the chief hunter education instructor in Clayton County, supervising 8-10 other instructors, and going above and beyond the call of duty to present hunter education information in an exciting and easy-to-learn format. One of Tallant's most significant contributions to hunter education is the formation of the statewide fellowship of

instructors, volunteers and conservation rangers, known as the Georgia Hunter Education Association, Inc. (GHEA). He began building the GHEA in 1983 and incorporated it in 1986. He served as president five times since its formation and continues to publish the GHEA newsletter and manage its website.
The selection of the Hunter Education Instructor of the Year begins at the region level. Each of the seven WRD Law Enforcement Regions picks the outstanding instructor in their area and sends them to Capt. Bell. The applications are then submitted to the Hunter Safety Committee. This committee is made up of WRD personnel from Game Management, Fisheries Management and Law Enforcement who are knowledgeable in working with volunteers and about hunter safety education. The committee then makes the final selection.
"The Department should be very proud of the work force of volunteers who instruct Georgia Hunter Education," Tallant says. "These men and women have the

Captain James Bell presenting muzzle loader to Mike Tallant
Colonel Ron Bailey presenting plague to Mr. Tallant
same desires I have, teaching youngsters to be gun safe and having fun in the process. We have all made a difference in the safety of sport hunting, and it is good. May we continue to serve and be a vital part of this great State of Georgia and its citizens," he says.

State Inspector General Reminds
Employees Of Appropriate
Computer Use Policy
State Inspector General James E. Sehorn wants to ensure all employees are aware of the state's policy about the appropriate use of computers in the work place. "It's our responsibility to use stateprovided technology for legitimate, work-related purposes," General Sehorn said. "We all must be concerned about preventing the misuse and abuse of taxpayers' resources."
The office computer is an indispensable tool for getting work done. When used correctly, PCs and other technologies make it possible for us to accomplish more work in less time. Misusing these tools can have serious consequences for employees and possibly endanger the security of the state's information network as well as the network within the agency.
To ensure everyone knows what they can and can't do, the state has adopted the Policy on Appropriate Use of Technology Resources. It applies to all state agencies, boards and commissions.
Among the activities prohibited by the policy are: business transactions for the personal gain of a state employee; activities in violation of federal, state or local laws and
regulations; creating, accessing or transmitting materials considered sexually
explicit or pornographic, discriminatory, offensive, threatening, harassing or intimidating; gambling; unauthorized distribution of state data and information; compromising the security of an agency's or the state's information network; and infringement of copyrights, trademarks, patents or other intellectual property rights. For a copy of the state's policy and a comprehensive list of restricted activities, go to the Policies and Standards section of the GTA Web site, www.gta.georgia.gov. The policy begins on page 14 of Enterprise Information Security Policies.
Personal e-mails? Yes, but
What about sending personal e-mails or visiting unrestricted Web sites on your break? Some people say there's not much difference in today's business environment between occasionally making a personal call and occasionally sending a personal e-mail. The key word is "occasional."
The policy allows personal use of e-mail and the Internet as long as it doesn't involve restricted activities and it's brief, infrequent, and doesn't interfere with job performance.
However, individual agencies may adopt more restrictive policies. Therefore, it's best to check with your agency's human resources or information technology office to find out your agency's rules so that you can ensure your computer practices do in fact comply with policy.
Even if your agency permits an occasional personal e-mail, don't expect it to be considered private. All e-mails are state property and may be examined for any reason. Agencies may also use software to track the Web sites you visit and how long you stay there.
Misuse is everyone's concern
General Sehorn's job is to prevent fraud, waste, abuse and corruption in state government. He also reminds state employees that violating the appropriate computer use policy could result in disciplinary actions such as dismissal and criminal prosecution. A particular concern is the confidential information Georgia residents are required to provide some state agencies. Employees have a special duty to safeguard this information from improper disclosure. General Sehorn strongly recommends getting a copy of the policy, reading it carefully and asking questions of anything not understood.
Bottom line: As the old saying goes, "There is no right way to do wrong!" As state employees, our job is to conduct official duties and obligations in a manner consistent with the highest ethical standards.

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GOVERNMENT SPOTLIGHT

The Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education

Created in 1988, the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE) oversees the state's system of technical colleges, the adult literacy program, and a host of economic and workforce development programs. A State Board of Technical and Adult Education is responsible for establishing standards, regulations and policies for the operation of DTAE.
The system's beginning dates back to 1943 when Dr. M.D. Mobley, then the State Director of Vocational Education, recommended a system of Area Trade Schools to the State Board of Education. The first school, North Georgia Trade and Vocational School, opened In 1944 in Clarkesville. In the early 1950s, W.M. Hicks, State Supervisor of Trade and Industrial Education, advocated for a more aggressive vocation system in

Georgia. As a result of Hicks efforts, the State Board of Education approved a set of policies establishing Area Vocational-Technical Schools. By the late 1960s, 19 schools had opened in Georgia with thousands of Georgians enrolling. During this time, legislation created a unique workforcetraining program, entitled Quick Start. In 1984, Governor Joe Frank Harris created the State Board of Postsecondary Vocational Education, which later led to DTAE's creation in 1988. Adult literacy programs were transferred from the Department of Education to DTAE to work with the technical schools and Quick Start. Today, DTAE has 34 technical colleges, 18 satellite

campuses and technical programs at four university system institutions. The schools offer a variety of associate degree and diploma programs, continuing education programs, and economic development programs to provide a broad range of career opportunities for Georgians.
Dr. Kenneth H. Breeden, who was named Commissioner of DTAE after its creation in 1988, was recently confirmed by Governor Sonny Perdue to remain as head of the agency. In Foundations and Defining Principles of Georgia's Technical College System, Breeden summarizes the agency's success. "Since the creation of the DTAE in 1988, we have been focused on management strategies that help us increase the efficiency of our system, maximize our use of resources, and guarantee our responsiveness to the needs of our state and its people.

Mission:
To contribute to the economic, educational, and community development of Georgia by providing quality technical education, adult literacy education, continuing education, and customized business and industry workforce training to the citizens of Georgia.
Vision:
Our vision is of a dynamic system of technical education, adult education, and customized business and industry workforce training using industry-standard and emerging technologies and offering easy access to education and training for all Georgians. This system will be part of a seamless educational process in which students can easily transfer credits as they move among secondary schools, to technical colleges, and colleges and universities in which all Georgians can readily access information and advanced educational resources.
We envision a world-class educational system that utilizes leading edge technology and innovative design to supply a competitive workforce and quality communities, thus assuring Georgia's economic success in the global marketplace. The recognition this system will command

DTA E AT A GLANCE
throughout the state will make it the preferred educational option for that majority of adults whose career choices require qualifications beyond a high school diploma, for those companies that require customized training and retraining services, and for those seeking a lifetime of educational experiences.
Number of Employees: 276
Offices within DTAE:
The Office of Economic Development includes Quick Start, Workforce Development partnerships and initiatives, various specialist programs, Certified Economic Developer Trainer (CEDT), tax credit information for business and industry, continuing education, and customized training programs. Jackie Rohosky Assistant Commissioner.
The Office of Technical Education is responsible for the administration of Georgia's technical colleges. The Office ensures that each institution provides equal access to all segments of the population. It is also responsible for cooperative planning and coordination of programs and services with other public agencies and organizations. Chuck Beall Assistant Commissioner.

The Office of Adult
Literacy supports adult learning by providing adult literacy programs to adults needing basic, general, or specialized skills instruction. GED is also included in this office. Jean DeVard-Kemp Assistant Commissioner.

The Office of Planning,
Resource Development
and Technology supports technology applications for all units of DTAE, strategic planning and resource development initiatives. Debbie Dlugolenski - Assistant Commissioner.

The Office of
Administrative Services
assists program divisions and technical colleges by allocating resources and providing services in accounting & budget management, contracts, procurement, personnel, receiving and distribution, records management, and various administrative and financial support services. Laura Gammage - Assistant Commissioner.

Address:

1800 Century

Place,

Suite 400

Atlanta, Georgia 30345

Phone: 404-679-1700

Website: www.dtae.org

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY: ANSWERS
1. Jocund (adj.) pleasant, cheering, delightful. 2. Panoply (n.) a splendid or impressive array. 3. Intractable (adj.) not easily governed, managed, or directed. 4. Fugacious (adj.) lasting but a short time. 5. Respite (n.) an interval of rest or relief. 6. Somnolent (adj.) inclined to sleep. 7. Cavil (n.) a frivolous objection. 8. Daedal (adj.) skillful; artistic; ingenious. 9. Sang-froid (n.) coolness in trying circumstances. 10. Erroneous (adj.) containing or characterized by error.

Test Your Vocabulary
Match the definitions with the correct word. The answers are below..
1. Jocund (adj.) ___ an interval of rest or relief. 2. Panoply (n.) ___ inclined to sleep. 3. Intractable (adj.) ___a splendid or impressive array. 4. Fugacious (adj.) ___ a frivolous objection. 5. Respite (n.) ___containing or characterized by error. 6. Somnolent (adj.) ___ skillful; artistic; ingenious. 7. Cavil (n.) ___not easily governed, managed, or directed.. 8. Daedal (adj.) ___lasting but a short time 9. Sang-froid (n.) ___pleasant, cheering, delightful. 10. Erroneous (adj.) ___ coolness in trying circumstances.

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GSFC Offers Georgians Hope and Beyond

If you have ever had trouble finding financial aid information for postsecondary education, you probably haven't used the Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC). While financing your education can be a daunting challenge, GSFC can make the undertaking easier - and much more productive. GSFC is the only state agency offering loans, scholarships, and grants to Georgia residents who seek higher education.
Although some Georgians may not know the agency by name, many are familiar with GSFC's most popular program, the HOPE Scholarship Program. Shelley Nickel, GSFC's Executive Director appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue in February, says the agency offers far more than HOPE.
"HOPE is a tremendous asset for Georgians," Nickel says. "However, it's important to realize that GSFC offers many other resources for students who want to go to college. After all, many individuals do not qualify for HOPE, and even those who do must find additional financial

assistance to pay for big ticket expenses such as lodging and meals. We offer HOPE and Beyond, which includes a variety of loan packages and several other scholarship and grant programs that are funded by the state."
A few notable GSFC
offerings include: Low
Interest Loans Most students, even those who
qualify for HOPE and other scholarships, must borrow money to help pay for the many expenses associated with attending college. The Georgia Student Finance Commission makes low-interest loans to Georgia students and their parents. Stafford Loans are made to students and are currently available at an interest rate of 3.42 percent. PLUS Loans, for parents of students, are currently set at 4.22 percent. Stafford and PLUS loans are part of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). In addition to low interest rates, GSFC offers many repayment options and other incentives to borrowers.
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WORKPPLLAACCEE TTIIPPSS

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Your job performance

A good work environment often provides employees with learning opportunities, meaning, purpose, and a way to grow and get ahead. But too often, employees miss the opportunity to climb the ladder of success because of a lack of initiative. When employees show initiative, it is beneficial for both the employee and the company. The following are a few simple ways to begin:
If the opportunity presents itself, don't be afraid to take on extra tasks.
This shows the company enthusiasm while giving employees the advantage of expanding their work experience and increasing their skills and

knowledge base. Don't be afraid to approach
your supervisor or project leader with a good idea or suggestion. This shows the company commitment to the mission and purpose of the organization while allowing employees to become recognized contributors.
Be creative when approaching a task. Companies benefit from the innovation with new products or services, a better way of doing things or increased productivity. Employees benefit because they don't get stuck doing the same old task the same old way.
Anticipate challenges. Solve problems at your level, before they become bigger where someone else must resolve them.

This demonstrates competence and makes others comfortable assigning you with more responsibility.
Always learn. Shadow a staff member, coworker or someone retiring. Work on a team or serve as a mentor. The company benefits from your increased expertise and can possibly retain knowledge that would otherwise be lost. The employee becomes smarter with increased selfconfidence and value.

Oxendine Promotes Fire Safety In Observance of National Fire Prevention Week

Recently, Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine, in partnership with the State Fire Marshal's Office, sponsored various fire safety and prevention activities across the state in observance of National Fire Prevention Week, October 5-11. In Atlanta, Oxendine visited Georgia's only state owned and operated childcare center, the Capitol Hill Child Enrichment Center, to offer the children lessons of wisdom for protecting themselves and their families against fire. He used popular child holidays to help the children remember when to change batteries in a smoke detector.
"For kids, it's trick or treat and the Easter Bunny, for adults," Oxendine explains, "it is change your clock, change your battery."
Although the childcare center

Commissioner Oxendine swears in `junior firemarshalls' after a presentation on fire safety.
services children from 12 weeks to four years old, Oxendine believes that children are never too young to learn about fire safety. He remembers cases where daycare children around the state have actually helped save lives in their families.
"After a visit to a childcare facility in Warner Robbins, one little girl went home and asked her parents to put in a smoke detector and do a fire drill. The family had never had a smoke detector and never had a fire drill. They did both," Oxendine explains. "A couple of months later, there was a fire in the middle of the night and the hot water heater actually exploded right as everybody was evacuating the house. Had it not been for that daycare child coming home, they wouldn't have had a smoke detector. They probably would

State employees on Capitol Hill recognized fire safety Week with coordinated fire drills, including full evacuation and building inspections. It was the first coordinated effort of its kind, lead by Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine. For 80 years, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has sponsored Fire Prevention Week. The theme this year is Get Out! Stay Out!
have slept through the fire until it was too late. They would not have rehearsed how to get out of the house. So daycare children are not too young."
To help the children remember the message, Smokey, an arson K-9 Lab, was on hand for a special demonstration. The children also received coloring books, stickers, and a plastic fireman's hat. A fire safety video was also provided for later viewing. Oxendine encourages everyone to practice fire safety with their children.
"To all state employees and parents all over Georgia, do a fire drill. We do fire drills in schools; we do fire drills in state buildings. Do a fire drill at home with the children, please, because it's so important," he says.

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Georgia First Education Loans
There are limits to how much money can be borrowed under the Stafford and PLUS programs. Georgia First Education Loans are an additional resource that GSFC offers borrowers. These loans, which can range from $4,000 up to $20,000, are credit-based. Students without a credit history can still qualify for the loans if they can arrange for two coborrowers.
Service-Cancelable Loans These programs encourage
students to pursue an education, and eventually a career, in a particular "critical-need" field. For example, it might be determined that a particular region of the state is experiencing a severe shortage of trained nurses. That shortage, in that location, constitutes a critical need. Students who receive service-cancelable loans have two repayment options:
(1) They can repay the loan in cash, plus interest, or
(2) After satisfactory completion of their course of study, they can cancel the loan debt by working in their critical need field, in an agreed upon region of the state, for a certain number of years. Of course, the borrower earns a regular salary at the same time they are canceling their loan debt through service.
The HOPE Scholarship Georgia students who maintain
a B average in high school are eligible for the HOPE Scholarship. The scholarships can be used at any of Georgia's public colleges and universities as well as many of the state's private institutions. For students attending a public college, the HOPE Scholarship pays for tuition, approved mandatory fees, and a $300 per academic year book allowance. For students attending a HOPE-eligible private college, HOPE pays a flat $3,000 per academic year.
The HOPE Grant Georgia residents enrolled in a
certificate or diploma program at a Georgia public college or technical college are eligible for

the HOPE Grant. This award pays for tuition, approved mandatory fees, and a book allowance of up to $300 per academic year. Students must maintain satisfactory academic progress in order to keep receiving the HOPE Grant, but there is no requirement to maintain a specific grade average.
The Tuition Equalization
Grant Georgia residents who attend a
private college in the state are eligible to receive the Tuition Equalization Grant (TEG). The amount of the grant, which varies as determined by the state legislature each session, is currently set at $909 per academic year. There is even a provision that allows some Georgia residents who live near the state border to attend out-ofstate four-year schools and receive the TEG.
The Leveraging
Educational Assistance
Partnership (LEAP) Grant This is grant awarded to
students who can demonstrate substantial financial need. The amount varies as determined by the state legislature each year. Currently the maximum award is $2,000 per academic year.
GSFC promotes its programs and offerings in many ways including print publications and a Web site at www.gsfc.org. The agency's financial aid consultants travel across the state to meet with students on high school and college campuses. GSFC also sponsors workshops, seminars, and college fairs for parents and students.
To better serve students and all Georgia residents, Nickel has undertaken a major reorganization of the Georgia Student Finance Commission. "We began by improving our customer service operations, and now we are in the process of reengineering every other aspect of our agency," Nickel says. "We want to be sure that we are doing the best job possible, because we have a very important job to do helping Georgians further their educations. That leads to greater prosperity for individuals and their families, for communities,

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Congratulations to these dedicated state retirees
Submitted by The Employee Retirement System

March 2003

Name

Years of Service Department

Aaron, Dorothy J Adams, Barbara S Alford, Janice Allen, Ethelene Almon, Edgar H Anglin, Frances C Asbell, Rose M Attaway, William T Bailey, Dolores A Bailey Jr, Warren F Baird, John C Baker, Bobby Ray Barfield, Robert S Barrett, Rebecca M Barton, Kathie W. Bentley Jr, Irvin G. Bey-Ward, Badriyyah Debra Booker, Harvey P Booker, Frances A Bragg, Susan L Braselton, Judith K Bray, Linda L Brezial, Everlene Brown, Johnny C Bryant, Ethel M Callaway, Minnie Callaway, Johnny Hanson Capps, Brenda H Carellas, George B Cargal, Connie Carroll, Hazel Marie Carter, Paul H Carter, William Burnham Carver, E. C. Chalker, Donald G Chandler, Bonnie M Chapple, Leroy Choice, Martha T Clements, Emma A Cochran, Ronald H Coleman, Tommy L Collins, Debra L Copeland, Gary Richard Council, William Ray Cox, Richard A Crosby, Bobby H Cullen, Sandra R Danforth, Nora Marie Daniels, Rena M Davis, Nancy S Dawson, Mary H Dees, Carol R Devereaux, Bryant Parker Downs, Diane L. Duke, Beulah D Dunn, Jan R Durrence, Patricia L Edwards, Roy A. Evans, Victoria F Fincher Jr, Henry D Fisher, George T Fogle, Michael E Fortune, Gary Lee

19 yrs 10 mths 14 yrs 09 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 12 yrs 11 mths 34 yrs 02 mths 31 yrs 11 mths 10 yrs 03 mths 29 yrs 01 mths 15 yrs 11 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 19 yrs 01 mths 13 yrs 08 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 29 yrs 04 mths 30 yrs 08 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 16 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 20 yrs 09 mths 35 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 31 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 15 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 26 yrs 04 mths 12 yrs 07 mths 11 yrs 00 mths 24 yrs 07 mths 16 yrs 10 mths 26 yrs 03 mths 28 yrs 09 mths 25 yrs 01 mths 32 yrs 05 mths 13 yrs 11 mths 22 yrs 03 mths 31 yrs 09 mths 20 yrs 04 mths 20 yrs 04 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 29 yrs 00 mths 31 yrs 11 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 13 yrs 06 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 10 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 12 yrs 02 mths 29 yrs 11 mths 25 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 29 yrs 02 mths 10 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 27 yrs 02 mths 32 yrs 05 mths 13 yrs 08 mths

Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Georgia Building Authority Ga. Dept. of Agriculture Ga. Dept. of Transportation DHR - Public Health Ga. Bureau of Investigation DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Transportation Jekyll Island State Park Found Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga Dept of Motor Veh. Safety CSB-GA Mountains Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Public Service Commission Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Veterans Service Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Georgia Technology Authority Tax Officials DHR - Public Health Ga. Dept. of Public Safety State Board Pardons & Paroles Ga. Dept. of Transportation Department of Revenue DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Public Safety DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources CSB-McIntosh Trail Ga. Dept. of Human Resources DHR - Public Health Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections

Freeney, Clarence D

30 yrs 05 mths

Fuches, Phyllis B

34 yrs 00 mths

Fuentez, Carmen F

29 yrs 03 mths

Gable, Byron S

32 yrs 11 mths

Gamble, Kathy C.

26 yrs 09 mths

Gonzalez Jr, Gonzalo

10 yrs 01 mths

Gunter, Betty S

34 yrs 00 mths

Hadden, Paula M.

30 yrs 00 mths

Hall, Janice S

34 yrs 00 mths

Hall-Johnson, Sylvia

34 yrs 00 mths

Hawk, Janice C

18 yrs 01 mths

Hodges, Mary R

34 yrs 00 mths

Holland, Marilyn T.

24 yrs 09 mths

Hollar, Robyn E.

31 yrs 09 mths

Holt, Otis L

34 yrs 00 mths

Hutchinson, Steven

34 yrs 04 mths

Ingram, Linda J

22 yrs 01 mths

Jackson, Sandy

29 yrs 08 mths

Jarriel, Charles

24 yrs 06 mths

Jeffers, Kathryn F

34 yrs 00 mths

Johnson, Glendalyn K

34 yrs 00 mths

Keck, Bruce W

17 yrs 04 mths

Keenan, Joan T

30 yrs 01 mths

Kirkland, Patricia M

17 yrs 04 mths

Kirkland, William L

10 yrs 06 mths

Knight Jr, George W

34 yrs 00 mths

Lafrance, Joseph Daniel

28 yrs 03 mths

Lane, Claire M.

25 yrs 06 mths

Lightle, Helen L

10 yrs 00 mths

Lindsey, Thomas R.

13 yrs 05 mths

Lindsey Jr, Lester

15 yrs 04 mths

Long Jr, William H

34 yrs 00 mths

Love, Gail Johnson

34 yrs 00 mths

Luke, Dorothy W

34 yrs 00 mths

Maholick, Leonard T

34 yrs 00 mths

Malone, David M

30 yrs 11 mths

Mann, Mary R

29 yrs 09 mths

Mann, James A T

23 yrs 04 mths

Marbut, William R

14 yrs 01 mths

Mason, Dan B

34 yrs 00 mths

McCall, Russell W.

34 yrs 09 mths

McCorkle, Allan Douglas 34 yrs 00 mths

McCurdy, Jacqueline Dianne 25 yrs 06 mths

McElroy, David E

30 yrs 05 mths

McKinney, Milton P

19 yrs 06 mths

McLain, John C

27 yrs 11 mths

Meeks, Joseph F

23 yrs 02 mths

Merritt, Jerry L

34 yrs 00 mths

Milner, Larry G

34 yrs 01 mths

Mincey, Johnie

10 yrs 00 mths

Mitchell, Cheryl Jean

34 yrs 01 mths

Moore, Donnie R

30 yrs 06 mths

Morris, Patricia W

22 yrs 08 mths

Mosley, Jimmy Ray

13 yrs 06 mths

Neely, Carl

29 yrs 00 mths

Oliver, Joyce N

26 yrs 09 mths

Paradis, Regina L.

15 yrs 11 mths

Parks, Margaret

14 yrs 06 mths

Perez, Joyce F

24 yrs 07 mths

Perry, Carol B

34 yrs 00 mths

Pless, Wilhelmenia H

15 yrs 09 mths

Pope, Janice N

20 yrs 00 mths

Powell, Homer B

16 yrs 01 mths

Price, Jeanette S

25 yrs 03 mths

Redding, Franklin E

22 yrs 11 mths

Redmond, Alphonzo D

20 yrs 08 mths

Reeves, Minnie L

34 yrs 00 mths

Ga. Dept. of Corrections DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Corrections CSB- E. Central Georgia Ga Dept of Motor Veh. Safety DHR - DFACS Dept. of Juvenile Justice DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources DHR - DFACS State Board Pardons & Paroles Regents Central Office Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Corrections DHR - Public Health Ga. Dept. of Labo Georgia Forestry Commission CSB-GA Highlands Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Public Safety DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Merit System of Pers. Adm. Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Human Resources River Edge Behavioral Hlth Ctr Georgia Building Authority Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources DHR - Public Health Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Ga. Dept. of Defense Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Ga. Dept. of Corrections Georgia. Forestry Commission Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Georgia Department of Law Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Bureau of Investigation CSB-Pinelnd Ar. MH, MR, & SA CSB-McIntosh Trail Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Agriculture RiverEdge Behavioral Hlth Ctr Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation CSB-Cobb County Department of Revenue Ga. Dept. of Human Resources CSB - Oconee

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Rewis, Teddy L Rice, Thelma P Robertson, David Allen Sanders, Larry C Saylors, David L. Sharpton, Arthur L Shartar, Bettye C. Sheffield, Leslie Sherrod, Raymond L Slaughter, Phillip Smith, Patricia C Smith, Johnny B Smith, Dennis C Smith, Joan Sellars Spear, Deborah L Spurlock, Arthur Stephens, Gloria A Stephens, Inez Storey, Jackie Runette Stringfellow, Charles W Stroud, William L Summers, Thomas Dexter Susko, Paul F Sutton, John E Tallent, Sally Taylor, Joseph Melvin Thach Jr, Frank F Thomas, Martha P Thompson, Larry W Thompson, Thomas W Tillman, Barbara C Tolbert, Ed Tumlin, Debbie B Turner, Gordon R Turner, Raphael Turnipseed, Maggie Verdell, Nelson Walker, Analease G Walker, Jerry D Wallace, Delores Waters III, Marion G Weaver, Dorothy L Webb, Janet T Williams, Linda J. Wood, William B. Wooley, Phyllis C Wynn, Mary

30 yrs 03 mths 32 yrs 07 mths 31 yrs 10 mths 19 yrs 09 mths 31 yrs 07 mths 18 yrs 03 mths 14 yrs 03 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 31 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 29 yrs 11 mths 19 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 03 mths 11 yrs 07 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 10 yrs 02 mths 13 yrs 10 mths 21 yrs 01 mths 20 yrs 06 mths 17 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 10 yrs 03 mths 20 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 25 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 22 yrs 07 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 35 yrs 04 mths 16 yrs 00 mths 19 yrs 00 mths 11 yrs 02 mths 26 yrs 11 mths 27 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 27 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 22 yrs 07 mths 27 yrs 01 mths 32 yrs 03 mths

Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Vested Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Education Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Agriculture Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Labor Georgia Forestry Commission Dept. of Juvenile Justice Secretary of State Georgia Technology Authority Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation CSB-GA Mountains Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Transportation Pathways Cntr Behav Dev Grwt Ga Dept of Motor Veh. Safety Financing and Investments Ga. Dept. of Corrections Georgia Forestry Commission Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Agriculture Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Pheonix Cntr Behavrl Hlth Svcs DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Georgia Technology Authority Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Human Resources DHR - DFACS Regents Central Office Ga. Dept. of Corrections DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources

April 2003

Name

Years of Service Department

Allen, Rufus L Allison, Joyce E Anaya, Jose Asdrubal Aydin, Eser Baggett, Jeannie Banks, James M Bearden, William Elkanoh Beaty, Thomas E Bennett, Larry S Bennett, Robert L. Binns, Timothy G Blalock, Thomas A Boatwright, Jerry Arvin Bowen, Lawrence W Bowes, Linda D

10 yrs 02 mths 32 yrs 07 mths 13 yrs 09 mths 21 yrs 11 mths 23 yrs 07 mths 23 yrs 10 mths 25 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 29 yrs 10 mths 23 yrs 03 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 30 yrs 04 mths 10 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 17 yrs 02 mths

Ga. Dept. of Labor CSB-GA Mountains Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga. Dept. of Agriculture Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Georgia Forestry Commission DHR - Public Health Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources

Brown, Betty J Brown, Thomas Eugene Brown Jr, Bryan L Bryan, Jan G Burnley, Tommie A Burroughs, Keith J Bush, Carol Jones Butler Jr, Wallace L Carnes, Virginia M Carter, Marilyn Yvonne Carter, Sylvia Maria Castleberry, Rodney Craig Childers, Jerry T Clutter, Jerry D Coggin III, Emmett Roland Cole, Ernestine P Colglazier, Martha H. Combs, Carolyn V. Conner, Phillip E Cook, Carolyn P Coverson, Sandra Crawford Jr, Willie Aubryn Curl, Gary Daniely, J D Danner, Charles D Davis, Shelby Davis Jr, Nathan Dawkins, Charles Mosco Delgado, Carlos J Deloach, Jean W Dingler, Donald Ray Doyle, Marcelle Dubberly, Amelia H Duvall, Jeanie P East, Shelby J. Edalgo, Randall C Elam, Sylvia L Evans, Katie J Evans, Martha C. Eysel, Bruce B Farmer, Guynita S Fellers Jr, Andrew W Fick, Wanda Loraine Fisher, Alfra Dean Fleary, Jacqueline Armfield Freedman, Charles R Gaitan, Manuel Gardner, Paula C Garrett, Jerome L Gilbert, Bobby G Gill, Timothy Gilpen, Roman Griner, Donald H Hedrick, Herbert L Hembree, John D. Hendrick, William F Higgins, Robert W Hollis, Paul E Holman, Mary Susan Holt, Bruce L Hornsby, Carolyn Ann Hornsby Jr, Thomas D Hudson, Glynn Richard Jackson Jr, Albert Jacobson, Richard D Jones, Charles M Jones, Sylvia B Kelly, Helene

30 yrs 00 mths 28 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 14 yrs 09 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 13 yrs 05 mths 12 yrs 07 mths 16 yrs 08 mths 12 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 04 mths 20 yrs 02 mths 18 yrs 06 mths 23 yrs 06 mths 14 yrs 08 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 22 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 33 yrs 03 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 15 yrs 04 mths 24 yrs 10 mths 26 yrs 11 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 16 yrs 06 mths 28 yrs 01 mths 26 yrs 11 mths 27 yrs 00 mths 20 yrs 04 mths 20 yrs 06 mths 14 yrs 08 mths 12 yrs 11 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 11 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 32 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 29 yrs 01 mths 15 yrs 02 mths 13 yrs 08 mths 18 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 13 yrs 03 mths 11 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 31 yrs 10 mths 27 yrs 03 mths 15 yrs 11 mths 34 yrs 06 mths 10 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 05 mths 32 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 20 yrs 05 mths 13 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 31 yrs 02 mths 25 yrs 02 mths

CSB-Gwinnett/Rockdale/Newton Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Georgia Technology Authority DHR - DFACS Dhr - DFACS Vested DHR - Public Health Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Agriculture DHR-DFACS State Board Pardons & Paroles Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Office of Planning and Budget Dhr - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Community Affairs Ga. Dept. of Transportation DHR - DFACS CSB - Oconee Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections General Assembly of Georgia Ga. Dept. of Transportation Tax Officials State Board Pardons & Paroles CSB-Ogeechee Georgia Technology Authority Ga Dept of Motor Veh. Safety Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Vested Ga. Dept. of Human Resources CSB-Gwinnett/Rockdale/Newton Ga Dept of Motor Veh. Safety Ga. Dept. of Labor DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Labor Department of Revenue Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Department of Revenue Ga Dept of Motor Veh. Safety DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Georgia Technology Authority Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Tax Officials Ga. Dept. of Agriculture DHR - Public Health DHR - Public Health Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Agriculture Ga. Dept Community Health Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Bureau of Investigation Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Correctional Industries Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Corrections State Board of Workers' Comp Ga. Dept. of Human Resources

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Congratulations to these dedicated state retirees
Submitted by The Employee Retirement System

Kendrick, Glenda Kennedy, Ginette Mireille King, Judy P Lemaster, Thomas H Lopez, Martha G Malone, Jerre M Mauk, Gearl G McCray-Lewis, Juanita McGahee, Margaret H McGinnis, Connie M McGriff, Clyde McKie, Martha D McLeod, Kay S McVay, Odessa M Miles Jr, Andrew Lane Montford, David Moody, Glen G Moore, Jean K Moore Jr, John H Morgan, John R Morgan, Augusta F Mott, Betty Jane Murphy, Brenda W Nadelman, Legare R Nelson, Marion R Nelson, Anita Ray Nesbitt, Annie L Newman, Mary E Nickelsen, Karl John O'Donnell, Patrick M Orr, James Hayward Padgett Jr, Edgar A Pair, Sandra W Paramore III, Whitt V Payton, Roxie Gail Pearce, John Bunch Peavy Jr, Calvin C Phillips, Ann P. Pope, Lyra M Ragan, Jerry M Reese, Priscilla A Rentz, Henry R Richardson, James A Roberts, Janice C Rogers, Claude Ross, Larry N Rouse, Anthony C Russaw, Doris E Rutledge, Clarissa Ryan, Antionette Mathews Sammons, Ricky H. Sanders, Myrtice F Sanders, Shirley C Satterfield, Jerry M Seckinger, Mary Ann L. Sellers, Deanie M Sellers, Thaddis Dale Shack, Robert Council Simmons, Bertha D Slaughter, Linda E Smith, William Barry Stembridge, Annie R Stodghill, Dean Dockins Stovall, William I Talley, Shelia Brenette Tallman, Madelyn Grace Tarplin, Shirley A Tate, Shirley A

30 yrs 00 mths 12 yrs 06 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 29 yrs 03 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 23 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 09 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 28 yrs 05 mths 30 yrs 01 mths 21 yrs 07 mths 10 yrs 00 mths 26 yrs 02 mths 20 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 32 yrs 00 mths 10 yrs 00 mths 18 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 17 yrs 00 mths 14 yrs 01 mths 27 yrs 07 mths 14 yrs 04 mths 27 yrs 10 mths 10 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 02 mths 27 yrs 04 mths 25 yrs 02 mths 10 yrs 11 mths 22 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 29 yrs 07 mths 20 yrs 06 mths 35 yrs 04 mths 19 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 17 yrs 08 mths 31 yrs 07 mths 28 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 13 yrs 07 mths 20 yrs 02 mths 13 yrs 09 mths 14 yrs 03 mths 18 yrs 02 mths 19 yrs 10 mths 15 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 26 yrs 01 mths 30 yrs 06 mths 19 yrs 06 mths 10 yrs 08 mths 10 yrs 03 mths 14 yrs 07 mths 24 yrs 11 mths 17 yrs 01 mths 18 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 17 yrs 04 mths 15 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 18 yrs 07 mths

Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Community Affairs Ga. Dept. of Labor DHR - Bocop CSB-DeKalb County Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Corrections CSB-Satilla Ga. Dept. of Corrections CSB-Middle Georgia Ga. Dept. of Transportation DHR - Public Health Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources CSB-Ga. Highlands Ga. Dept. of Corrections DHR - DFACS DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga. Dept. of Audits Ga. Dept. of Human Resources CSB-Coastal Ga. Dept. of Corrections Georgia Building Authority Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Superior Courts of Georgia Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Bureau of Investigation Department of Revenue Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Public Safety DHR - Public Health Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources DHR - DFACS Habersham County Schools Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Department of Revenue Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources South Ga Tech Institute Ga. Dept. of Corrections Central Georgia Tech College Department of Revenue Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources CSB Middle Flint Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Dept. of Juvenile Justice Office of Comm. of Insurance Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources

Taylor, Sandra Ann Thomas, Melvin Towe, Lillian Y Townsend, Shirley J. Ussery, Karen M Valentine, William L Valentine, Johnny Andrew Walker, Mary A Walker, Roosevelt Walters, Harold E. Ware, Robert S Wareham, Roy D Way, Rabun Gene Weaver, Robert F Whitaker, Janice Whyte, Catherine I Williams, Richard A Willis, Sylvia E. Winslett, Jeanette M Wright, Michael C Wymes, James F Yarbrough, Daniel K Yarbrough, Jimmie

10 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 21 yrs 10 mths 15 yrs 02 mths 21 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 17 yrs 06 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 11 yrs 02 mths 17 yrs 08 mths 18 yrs 10 mths 18 yrs 02 mths 13 yrs 05 mths 14 yrs 10 mths 30 yrs 05 mths 15 yrs 02 mths 20 yrs 08 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 18 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 24 yrs 07 mths 35 yrs 09 mths 15 yrs 04 mths

Name
Adams, Patricia P. Anderson, Kathy R. Bing, Doris A Blaine, Alice V Blaine, Amyee Louvelia Blevins, Charline R Bohannon, Byron L Bowen Jr, George Brantley, Andrew L Brocklehurst, Sandra J Brookins, Emily Jane Brooks Sr, Charles E Brown, Marilyn M Brown, Daisy T Brown, Donald Kenny Brown, Olga Michele Burger, Chris A Burkett, Jackie D. Burroughs, Gloria F Callaway, Bobby W Callaway, Donald W Cape, Donald H Carter Jr, Gerald M Clark, Virginia Joan Clements, Marcus Coleman, Gary Mural Collins, Annie M Collins, Wade Thomas Cooper, Betty G Cooper, Aretha Corley, Paul H Cown, Robert M Cox, Larry R Daniel, Gloria E. Danner, David C Davis, Windell Davis, Johnnie M Davis, Olivia Dean, Dianne W

May 2003
Years of Service
19 yrs 05 mths 28 yrs 08 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 25 yrs 01 mths 15 yrs 02 mths 25 yrs 00 mths 19 yrs 06 mths 20 yrs 07 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 25 yrs 03 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 13 yrs 09 mths 35 yrs 04 mths 29 yrs 05 mths 14 yrs 01 mths 12 yrs 01 mths 17 yrs 06 mths 13 yrs 05 mths 30 yrs 03 mths 31 yrs 10 mths 27 yrs 11 mths 16 yrs 06 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 22 yrs 04 mths 16 yrs 00 mths 14 yrs 08 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 13 yrs 05 mths 30 yrs 06 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 16 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 23 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 03 mths 30 yrs 08 mths 20 yrs 03 mths 16 yrs 08 mths

Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Defense Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. Motor Veh. Safety Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Human Resources DHR - DFACS Ga. World Congress Center Ga. Dept. of Public Safety CSB-GA Highlands Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Georgia Technology Authority
Department
Ga. Dept. of Human Resources CSB-Coastal Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Labor DHR - DFACS CSB-Northeast GA Center Ga. Dept of Community Health Ga. Dept. of Corrections Georgia Forestry Commission DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Lake Lanier Islands Developmen Ga. Dept. of Transportation DHR - DFACS DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept of Community Health General Assembly of Georgia Department of Revenue Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Human Resources GA Agrirama Dev. Author Ga. Dept. of Corrections DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Transportation DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Tax Officials Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources CSB-Satilla

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Deaton, Shirley Ann Dempsey, Marie H. Denney, Peggy L Dunn, Terry M Edwards, Carl D Fiveash, Ann Higgins Geer, Rebecca S Golden, Connie Goolsby, Ernestine H Gore, Betty Elaine Grier, Gladys L. Grier Jr, George Griffin, Lindsay D Griffin, Jerry D Guy, Earnest J Hall, Fred Sterlin Hall Jr, James W Hallman, Randy E Hamrick, Reba C Harris, Donald L. Harris, Billy Harris Jr, Vonnie Hart, Regina M Hayes, James Louis Hensley, Randal N Henson, James E Higginbotham, Randy E Hill, Zadie B Holmes, Barbara Jean Hooker, Rebecca S Humber, Brenda H Jackson, Edgar James James, Margaret P Jay, Philip C Johnson, Marvis Walter Johnston, Stewart Mouat Jones, Charles Greg Kent Jr, Lavorsia W Kitchens, Barbara Kitchens Jr, Gordon E Kyriakou, Janice M Landers, Freddie Lattimore, Lucille Germany Liles, Felix Lochbaum, Michael E Lohnas, William H London, Joseph B. Lowe, Audrey W. Maddox Jr, Young D Malcom, Gail P Marsden, Della Arthilla Martin, Betty S Massey, Larry Gene McBee, Betty P McDaniel, John A McDaniel Jr., Joseph E Mercer, Lonnie Mills, Charles K Millsaps, Buddy Ray Moon, Ora Jean Moore, William A Morris, Jerry C Morris, Robert J Morris, Lynn R. Morrison, Linda S Myles, L.Mary Nash, Charlie L Neumans, Thomas Joel

10 yrs 03 mths 12 yrs 04 mths 24 yrs 03 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 22 yrs 07 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 28 yrs 06 mths 27 yrs 03 mths 10 yrs 01 mths 11 yrs 07 mths 11 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 02 mths 27 yrs 02 mths 15 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 10 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 14 yrs 04 mths 27 yrs 03 mths 27 yrs 02 mths 32 yrs 11 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 13 yrs 07 mths 34 yrs 02 mths 25 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 32 yrs 02 mths 30 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 04 mths 10 yrs 04 mths 11 yrs 05 mths 14 yrs 09 mths 12 yrs 02 mths 30 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 21 yrs 03 mths 28 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 09 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 14 yrs 06 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 23 yrs 10 mths 14 yrs 11 mths 30 yrs 10 mths 10 yrs 00 mths 21 yrs 08 mths 16 yrs 01 mths 18 yrs 02 mths 22 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 10 yrs 05 mths 13 yrs 02 mths 23 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 30 yrs 05 mths 24 yrs 08 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 01 mths 19 yrs 10 mths 13 yrs 08 mths

Ga. Dept. of Transportation CSB-Coastal Ga Dept of Motor Veh. Safety Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga Dept of Motor Veh. Safety DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources DHR - DFACS CSB-Albany CSB-Georgia Pines CSB-Georgia Pines Ga. Dept. of Corrections Georgia Forestry Commission Ga. Dept. of Labor Georgia Forestry Commission Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Transportation DHR - DFACS GA Federal-State Inspection Se Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Agriculture Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources DHR - DFACS DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Labor DHR - Bocop Ga. Dept. of Corrections DHR-dfacs Ga. Dept. of Transportation Dept. of Juvenile Justice Secretary of State Secretary of State CSB-GA Highlands Ga Dept of Motor Veh. Safety Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Soil & Water Commission Georgia Technology Authority Georgia Technology Authority Ga. Dept. of Agriculture Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Agriculture DHR - DFACS DHR-public health DHR - Public Health Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Bureau of Investigation Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Corrections CSB-Northeast GA Center vested Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Transportation GA Perimeter College DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Georgia Building Authority Ga. Dept. of Corrections

Norton, Oliver T Ogletree, Margaret A Oliver, Judith W Oliver Jr, Arnie Pack, Linda Diane Padgett, John David Parham, Alice B Parker, Ollie V Parker, Mary Sue Patterson, Willie Peloquin, Carolyn K. Pinkett, Carolyn L Pitts, Reva M Pounds, Rufus E Powell, Hugh Presley, Geraldine C Purdie, Ethelyn Hazel Raines, Carl W Ray, Peggy Wilcox Rector, Carroll L Reeves, Myra W Rhodes, Rose W Rivers, William Randall Robinson, Sue H Ryfun, Michael Peter Sammons, Linda Scarbrough, Bettye Schlubach, Charlotte D Shanks, Dorris Shepard, Jearlean Skipper, Thomas E. Slaton, Marvin Smallwood, Weymon B. Smith, Mildred G Smith, Edwin A Smith, Ronald D Smith, Mary L Smith, Linda Solomon, Grace SoutherlandSpires, Robert B Sprouse, Judith Ann Stephens, Vicki N. Tabb, Saundra J Thomas, Robert L Thomason, Glenda S. Thrasher, Cathryn Lee Threlkeld, Linda C Thurmond, Richard G Tiller, Gail M Tollison, Cecil J Turner, Gladys C Turner, Nancy Dianne Underwood, Helen VanDenbrink, Francisca J Vasser, Earl Keith Vega, Carmen M Vick, Stanley G Walker, Miles N. Ware Jr, Roosevelt Weizenecker, Robert Dale West, Kerry Michael Westmoreland, Gary L Williams, Eva Mae C Wilson, Gregg M Wiseman, Marilyn Wood, Richard Allen Woodard, Brenda W

27 yrs 08 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 36 yrs 06 mths 16 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 14 yrs 08 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 31 yrs 08 mths 31 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 12 yrs 03 mths 21 yrs 04 mths 20 yrs 08 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 25 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 21 yrs 07 mths 14 yrs 00 mths 27 yrs 00 mths 16 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 25 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 23 yrs 08 mths 23 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 10 yrs 02 mths 13 yrs 04 mths 31 yrs 01 mths 25 yrs 03 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 17 yrs 11 mths 15 yrs 10 mths 14 yrs 09 mths 10 yrs 02 mths 17 yrs 07 mths 14 yrs 09 mths 31 yrs 01 mths 22 yrs 07 mths 24 yrs 03 mths 19 yrs 05 mths 24 yrs 00 mths 11 yrs 01 mths 27 yrs 03 mths 12 yrs 02 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 14 yrs 06 mths 23 yrs 02 mths 13 yrs 08 mths 10 yrs 11 mths 21 yrs 00 mths 16 yrs 08 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 26 yrs 06 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 10 yrs 09 mths 14 yrs 07 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 27 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 10 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 01 mths

Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Ga. Dept. of Human Resources DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Defense Georgia Forestry Commission Ga. Dept. of Corrections DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Transportation DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources DHR - Public Health Georgia Forestry Commission Soil & Water Commission Tax Officials Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Defense Ga. Dept. of Transportation State Board of Workers' Comp Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Tax Officials Vested Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept of Community Health DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation vested DHR - Public Health Georgia Technology Authority Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Dept. of Juvenile Justice CSB-McIntosh Trail Georgia Technology Authority Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation Tax Officials Ga. Dept. of Education Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation DHR - Public Health DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources

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Name

Years of Service

Adams, Josie H Akridge, Lillie Mae Alderman Jr, Emery J Allen, James Frederick Allen, Julia Allison, Lillie M Andrews, Sandra Ard Jr, Joseph C Armstrong, Thelma Lee Austin, Willie Mae Baker, Charles D Banister, Daniel H Barnet, Charlotte J Baskin, Kaye F Berman, Marshall Berry, Patricia A Best, Earnestine Bigger-Abbott, Christine S. Bowman, Brenda D Brady, Barbara A. Brim, Daniel Brinson, Frank N Brooks, Carrine H Bryan, Coquilla W Bryson, Harriette L Bullard, James H Bullock, Alexander Burton, Mary L Butts, Ben A Carswell, Barbara J Carter, Maudie C Chaffin, Ralph E Cheevers, Tommy L Christie II, Wesley R Close, Maggie A Coleman, Patsy Melrhee Cotton, Carl Jerome Councilman, John M Cowart, Earnest B Crapps, Sarah Anna Crawford, Carol Snype Cullars, Rosie W Duggins, Roger F Dukes, Sandra W Dumas, Patricia S Dunn, Cynthia K Evans, Inett S Ford, Susie M Ford, Gus C Frazier, Kathleen Josephine Freeman Jr, Ollie E G Parks, Ernestine Gant, Joe H Gassett, Jeddie P George, Rick Allen Gooch, Stephen D Gordy, Barbara A Green, Jolene Green, Larry Dexter Green, Janice L Grier, Nelda M Gunter, Mary H. Hamilton, Mattie B Hampton, Agatha M. Haney, Betty H Harden, Paula P Harrell, Cassandra Harris, Gail C

10 yrs 03 mths 31 yrs 06 mths 22 yrs 03 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 31 yrs 11 mths 21 yrs 06 mths 30 yrs 03 mths 34 yrs 09 mths 18 yrs 10 mths 27 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 27 yrs 11 mths 10 yrs 03 mths 10 yrs 10 mths 31 yrs 04 mths 30 yrs 06 mths 12 yrs 07 mths 31 yrs 07 mths 13 yrs 09 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 21 yrs 01 mths 18 yrs 09 mths 31 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 31 yrs 06 mths 33 yrs 11 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 28 yrs 01 mths 13 yrs 08 mths 13 yrs 05 mths 28 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 29 yrs 05 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 14 yrs 08 mths 10 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 04 mths 30 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 27 yrs 08 mths 23 yrs 10 mths 19 yrs 01 mths 18 yrs 01 mths 10 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 35 yrs 01 mths 17 yrs 04 mths 30 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 15 yrs 11 mths 10 yrs 00 mths 12 yrs 07 mths 26 yrs 07 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 26 yrs 00 mths 17 yrs 06 mths 31 yrs 09 mths 34 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 00 mths

Department
CSB-Pine. Area MH, MR, & SA Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Georgia Forestry Commission Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Audits Dept. of Juvenile Justice CSB-Pine. Area MH, MR, & SA Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga Dept of Motor Veh. Safety Ga. Dept. of Admin. Services Vested Ga. Dept. of Corrections CSB-Coastal Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Agriculture Ga. Dept. of Human Resources CSB - E. Central Georgia Ga. Dept. of Labor Georgia Building Authority Ga. Dept. of Labor DHR - Public Health DHR - DFACS Dhr - Bocop Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Education Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept of Community Health CSB - E. Central Georgia Ga. Dept. of Agriculture Georgia Technology Authority Riveredge Behavioral Hlth Cntr Ga. Dept. of Labor DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga Dept of Motor Veh. Safety Dept. of Juvenile Justice DHR - DFACS Office of Planning and Budget Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Corrections Office of School Readiness Tax Officials CSB-Gwinnett/Rockdale/Newton Ga. Dept. of Human Resources DHR - DFACS Dhr - Bocop Ga. Dept. of Human Resources DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Corrections

Harris, Albert C. Harris, Mary M Hastings, Patricia J Hawkins, Katherlene B Hill, Patricia A Hitchcock, Ella Holland, Harry Lamar Holland, Ruby Annette Holliday, John T Holt, Jimmy Hurst, Dianne L Itson, John D Jackson, Michael C Jackson, Willie F Jastrzemski, Paul M Jenkins, Carolyn J Jordan, Geraldine C Kelly, Gwen Lynette Kennedy, Mary F. Kile, Terry L Kile, Helen B Kilpatrick, Judy B Lamb, John M Langford, Willie G. Lee, Laurance W Leigh, Rebecca C Lindstedt, Brenda C Lucchese, Mary C Martin Jr, Roger F McMullins, Dorothy H Meguiar, Shelva J Merritt, Charlie J Middleton, Ernestine Miller, Gloria J Mills, Ellen D Mills, Gwendolyn L Mixon, Martha E Moate Jr, Robert Morrow, Talmadge L Moss, Willie Mae Mullenix, Carolyn N Nichols, Jerry Donald Nicholson, Dow F Nix, Don E Norton, Connie R Ogden, Rick D Padgett, Douglas Eugene Paschal, Johnnie F Patterson, James D Pavliscsak, Andrew J Payne, Joyce Payne, Thomas B Pearson, Wesley Dean Pirkle, Glenn J Plymale, Helen H Poag, Elaine Morris Poindexter, John E Poole, Sheila G. Preston, Gloria T Price, Jackie F Prillaman, Curtis C Randolph, Ira Lee Revell, Suzy B. Rich, Arnold Dean Ringsrud, Rian A Rogers, Sharon Elaine Rosen, Marta V Rowell, William H Rucker, Rubye L Ruff, Shelia C Rush, Clara Joan Sapp Jr, James D

27 yrs 08 mths 25 yrs 02 mths 30 yrs 02 mths 33 yrs 10 mths 28 yrs 05 mths 34 yrs 06 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 23 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 29 yrs 03 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 01 mths 28 yrs 05 mths 22 yrs 06 mths 32 yrs 00 mths 18 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 12 yrs 01 mths 33 yrs 06 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 25 yrs 07 mths 23 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 10 yrs 00 mths 13 yrs 05 mths 33 yrs 02 mths 25 yrs 11 mths 14 yrs 01 mths 30 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 07 mths 23 yrs 07 mths 14 yrs 04 mths 14 yrs 11 mths 32 yrs 03 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 13 yrs 07 mths 13 yrs 06 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 02 mths 31 yrs 10 mths 24 yrs 05 mths 13 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 35 yrs 02 mths 35 yrs 06 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 18 yrs 04 mths 34 yrs 08 mths 23 yrs 04 mths 16 yrs 02 mths 24 yrs 03 mths 29 yrs 08 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 24 yrs 03 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 12 yrs 04 mths 30 yrs 11 mths 17 yrs 03 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 27 yrs 06 mths 32 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 25 yrs 11 mths 21 yrs 05 mths 28 yrs 01 mths

Fall 2003
Ga. Dept. of Corrections Georgia Building Authority CSB-South Georgia Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Financing & Investment CSB-DeKalb County Ga. Dept. of Audits Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Transportation DHR - DFACS Dept. of Juvenile Justice Superior Courts of Georgia Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources DHR - DFACS CSB - E. Central Georgia Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Ga. Dept. of Agriculture Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Labor CSB-Ga Highlands Ga. Dept. of Corrections DHR - Public Health Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources CSB-Clayton County Vested Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Human Resources vested Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Bureau of Investigation Dept. of Juvenile Justice Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Financing & Investment Ga. Dept. of Labor Secretary of State Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Department of Revenue Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources Ga. Dept. of Labor Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation DHR - Public Health DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Jekyll Island State Park Found DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Corrections Riveredge Behavioral Hlth Cntr Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources GA. Industry, Trade & Tourism

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Saye, Charles David Shaw, Ralph Thomas Slaughter, Kenneth P Smith, William K Smith, Barry A Steele, Bonnie C Strawn, Katherine A. Stuart, Edwina T Swain, Theron M Tanner, Martha Taylor, Susan Diane Terry, Phillip T Thompson, Judith R Thompson, Gloria E Tuft, Willie M Tuggle, Josephine Upton, Joanne J Varnadoe, James I Walker, Milton Y Walthour, Larcenia Wardrope, Donald A Ware, Robert Kenneth Weaver, Dorothy H Wells Jr, John G Wheeler, Carolyn F Whitaker, Myron Larry Wilds, Joyce V Williams, Kaye J Williams, Odessa White Williams, Sandra S Williams, Theawander Willis, Charles W Wofford, Warrene L Wright, Mildred SZ Yeh, Emily York, Patricia J. Zachry, James E

34 yrs 03 mths 10 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 33 yrs 11 mths 30 yrs 01 mths 13 yrs 10 mths 21 yrs 00 mths 31 yrs 01 mths 13 yrs 10 mths 14 yrs 00 mths 23 yrs 03 mths 27 yrs 08 mths 14 yrs 03 mths 31 yrs 02 mths 21 yrs 00 mths 16 yrs 08 mths 33 yrs 09 mths 34 yrs 11 mths 29 yrs 01 mths 17 yrs 01 mths 13 yrs 07 mths 25 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 20 yrs 10 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 26 yrs 00 mths 34 yrs 00 mths 30 yrs 00 mths 25 yrs 01 mths 20 yrs 01 mths 18 yrs 01 mths 34 yrs 01 mths 31 yrs 08 mths 17 yrs 07 mths 32 yrs 00 mths 31 yrs 01 mths

Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Ga. Dept. of Corrections Georgia Building Authority Georgia Forestry Commission Ga. Dept. of Audits GA Dept of Banking & Finance CSB-Gwinnett/Rockdale/Newton DHR - Public Health Ga. Correctional Industries Cobb County Schools Ga. Dept. of Public Safety Ga. Dept. of Human Resources CSB-Georgia Pines Ogeechee Tech Institute Ga. Dept. of Human Resources CSB-Clayton County Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Transportation Ga. Dept. of Human Resources CSB-Coastal Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Department of Revenue vested Ga. Dept. of Audits CSB-Coastal DHR - DFACS Ga. Dept. of Human Resources CSB-GA Highlands Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Corrections Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Ga. Dept. of Human Resources Vested DHR - Public Health Ga. Dept. of Labor

Productivity, Family Time Perdue Announces Work Away

Recently, during a press conference in the North Wing of the State Capitol, Governor Sonny Perdue announced the details of his Work Away initiative, a comprehensive telework program for state employees designed to address traffic woes. "With 21st Century technology, we don't have to bring people to a central workplace to do their jobs and this means less traffic, obviously, less gridlock," Perdue said.
The initiative, highlighted by Governor Perdue as a viable option to help reduce traffic congestion during his 2002 Governor's campaign, will build on the success of the six-month telework pilot launched in July 2002. The pilot, developed using state models and best practices, eliminated 29,787 driving miles using 39 state employees from four volunteer state entities. Perdue said he hopes that the Work Away plan, which will be expanded in phases, would eventually involve as many as 25,000 state employees, or about one-quarter of the state's work force.
State government is the single largest employer in Georgia, with nearly 90,000 state employees. The Work Away program which, will allow selected employees to telework from home or other remote locations for one or more days per week, month or other selected time period, is expected to increase productivity and efficiency since both managers and

participating employees will be held more accountable for the work.
When management provides the Work Away option, the employee and supervisor develop a Work Away agreement. This contract outlines duties, responsibilities, obligations, Work Away policy and procedures and the employee's work objectives.
"Managers, obviously, will be charged with the productivity performances of their own work force," Perdue said. "It causes us to be better managers. It helps us define what our expectations are and then to literally measure them. Right now, oftentimes, all we measure is seat time."
"It's about productivity, not how many hours they occupy a chair," he says.
In addition to the Work Away program, other worklife alternatives available to state employees include the flexible work schedule - flexible starting and ending times while meeting the organization's core hours; the alternate work schedule - a two week work schedule of 9-hour days that results in an additional day off during the same work period; and the compressed workweek - four 10-hour days with the 40-hour workweek being achieved in four work days.
For more information on Work Away or alternative work schedule, contact Dorothy Gordon at 404-463-6723 or WorkAway@gms.state.ga.us

Charities Benefit from State Employees' Generosity

The State Charitable Contributions Programs (SCCP) kickoff luncheon was held on September 20, 2003. State agencies' SCCP campaign coordinators learned first hand from charity representatives about the impact of SCCP in the lives of Georgians. Governor Sonny Perdue, the campaign chair, praised the generosity of state employees. He also extended a "Leadership Challenge" to campaign coordinators to go back to their relative agency and encourage more employee participation in this noteworthy cause. Last year's campaign raised more than $2.8 million. Specific charities that benefited from last year's donations include:
Adaptive Learning Center for Infants & Children ........$2,402.60 AID Atlanta ................................................................$22,338.86 Albany-Southwest Georgia United Way ......................$32,811.75 American Cancer Society ..........................................$167,850.44 American Heart Association ........................................$57,907.56 American Kidney Fund................................................$10,074.56 American Lung Association ........................................$10,040.01 American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute ......$1,295.87 Arthritis Foundation ....................................................$18,838.86 Athens-Northwest Georgia United Way ....................$233,361.10 Atlanta Community Food Bank ..................................$33,427.18 Atlanta Ronald McDonald Houses ................................$9,671.90 Augusta-CSRA United Way ......................................$104,178.64 Augusta Ronald McDonald House Charities ................$4,366.73 Bainbridge-Decatur Co. United Way ............................$6,948.01 Bartow County United Way ..........................................$8,399.33 Brain Tumor Foundation for Children ........................$10,802.59 Brunswick-Glynn Co. United Way ..............................$19,522.96

Camden Co. United Way ..............................................$4,850.75 Canine Assistants ........................................................$30,165.85 Central Georgia United Way ......................................$84,986.85 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta..................................$42,925.32 Cochran-Bleckley Co. United Way ................................$6,109.51 Colquitt Co. United Way ............................................$11,920.26 Columbus-Chattahoochee Valley United Way ............$26,135.77 Community Health Charities of Georgia ..................$215,648.77 Covington-Newton Co. United Way ............................$9,582.91 CURE Childhood Cancer ..........................................$13,380.63 Earth Share of Georgia ..............................................$121,270.33 Epilepsy Foundation ......................................................$8,032.63 Forsyth Co. United Way ................................................$8,015.74 Gainesville-Hall Co. United Way ................................$20,745.04 Georgia Black United Fund ........................................$57,024.86 Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired ....................$2,300.76 Georgia Legal Watch ........................................................$907.65 Georgia Lion's Camp for the Blind................................$5,259.53 Georgia Public Broadcasting ........................................$23,691.96 Georgia Shares ..........................................................$103,517.33 Georgia SIDS Project ....................................................$2,053.24 Georgia Youth Science & Technology Centers ..............$4,883.61 Gordon Co. United Way ..............................................$4,238.07 Grady Co. United Way ..................................................$2,858.95 Griffin-Spalding Co. United Way ................................$15,866.31 Habersham Co. United Way..........................................$5,883.84 Heart of Georgia United Way........................................$8,977.88 Inner Harbour ..................................................................$715.35 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation........................$14,693.76 Keep Georgia Beautiful..................................................$3,884.91 Kids' Chance ................................................................$6,270.78 Liberty Co. United Way ................................................$6,123.51

Lutheran Services ..........................................................$6,890.02 Make-A-Wish Foundation ..........................................$37,641.70 March of Dimes ..........................................................$12,548.07 Methodist Home of the South Georgia Conference ......$9,946.18 Metropolitan Atlanta United Way ............................$389,246.07 Muscular Dystrophy Association....................................$8,155.51 National Multiple Sclerosis Society ..............................$21,046.55 Northwest Georgia United Way ..................................$12,137.86 Prevent Child Abuse Georgia ......................................$18,954.38 Prison Fellowship Ministries ........................................$15,732.81 Pulaski Co. United Way ................................................$1,074.61 Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic ..............................$6,737.45 Rome-Floyd Co. United Way ......................................$17,029.93 Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehab. Development Fund ....$12,317.11 Savannah & the Coastal Empire United Way ..............$74,464.58 Shepherd Center ..........................................................$10,901.16 South Central Georgia United Way ............................$21,079.51 South Georgia United Way..........................................$16,435.33 Southeast Georgia United Way ....................................$83,940.75 Sumter Co. United Way ................................................$4,717.05 Thomas Co. United Way ............................................$18,725.00 Toombs-Montgomery-Wheeler Co. United Way ........$12,539.25 Twin Cedars Youth Service ..........................................s$1,560.97 United Negro College Fund ........................................$83,135.82 Upson Co. United Way ................................................$5,185.78 Valdosta-Lowndes Co. United Way ............................$46,963.88 VSA arts of Georgia..........................................................$962.43 Walker, Dade & Catoosa Co. United Way ....................$5,112.27 Walton Co. United Way ................................................$4,565.46 West Georgia United Way ..........................................$16,950.64 White Co. United Way..................................................$5,577.21 Zoo Atlanta ................................................................$15,083.58

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DOC employee establishes soup kitchen to serve homeless

Afew years ago, Stan Ayer, a state employee of the Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC), West Central Probation Detention Center Office, and his wife, Rachel, opened the Abundant Life Soup Kitchen, Inc. for people in need in and around Spalding County. While searching for a location, after being turned down by the city for a building due to a lack of parking space, Ayer said, he felt led to a church parking lot where the family had once prayed for God's direction. After one of his prayers, the Associate Pastor of the church introduced himself to Ayer and indicated to him that his church had also been in prayer about opening a soup kitchen. Using the donated space of the church, Ayer would leave daily, early in the morning, to pick up food donated by Kroger and sometimes supplemented using his own personal funds. After Ayer delivered the food for the volunteers to prepare, he would venture out seeking and then transporting people in need of a hot meal back to the soup kitchen. One story describes Ayer stopping a young man walking in the rain and cold asking him if he needed a ride or a hot meal. While hesitant at first after Ayer introduced himself and told the

run a transition

house, as well

as offer a

prescription

drug program,

cost plus 50

cents, and an

eye wear

assistance

program.

Rachel, who is

also a registered

nurse, says the

kitchen is not a

sacrifice,

although it

requires a lot of

commitment,

Stan Ayer with his wife Rachel and adoped daughter, Regine time, and the organization

and constant

man about the new soup kitchen, coordination of the volunteers

the man accepted the ride and the and the donated food and funds.

meal and continues to return.

The Ayers have eight adult

Information about the

children, ten grandchildren and

Abundant Life Soup Kitchen,

an adopted seven-year-old

offering what the Griffin Daily

daughter. In 2003, Stan Ayer was

News deemed, "The best soup in nominated for the Public

Spalding County," soon spread Employee Recognition Week

around and trust for its founders Community Service Award for his

began to develop. Within a

hard work and dedication to the

month, the kitchen had outgrown soup kitchen. "Stan Ayer has

its original location and

definitely gone out of his way to

participation continued to grow. help the community," says Tina

At its current location, St.

Ethridge, a coworker at the DOC

George's Episcopal Church, the detention center. "Many people

kitchen serves an average of 100 will tell you that Mr. Ayer has

to 150 people daily. In addition to definitely improved the quality of

providing hot meals, the Ayers

life for many Spalding County

The Soup Kitchen serves over 100 people daily.

residents," she says. The kitchen has been
spotlighted in various print publications. For more information about the Abundant

Life Soup Kitchen, Inc. which is under the auspice of St. George, contact Connie Kendred at PO Box 401, Smarr, Georgia 31086 or call 478-992-8670.

UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU TO KNOW
If you served in the military during the Draft, you may be
eligible to purchase 2 years credit toward your retirement. But you must apply by December 31, 2003. For more information,
contact Employees Retirement System at 404-352-6400.

Governor Perdue Announces $1.2 Million in Grant Awards for Children and Youth Coordinating Council

Governor Sonny Perdue approved 28 grants totaling more than $1.2 million to support youth prevention programs in Georgia. These grants will assist in the areas of teen pregnancy prevention using abstinence education, prevention programs for high-risk youth and treatment programs for juvenile offenders.
"Many challenges face Georgia's youth. The grants that fund these community based programs will help keep our kids on the right track," said Governor Sonny Perdue. "We expect that these programs will continue to ensure a bright future for Georgia's young people by

reducing risk factors and providing positive role models."
The grants were made available through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and the Georgia General Assembly. The grants will be administered through the state's Children and Youth Coordinating Council (CYCC).
CYCC assists local communities in preventing juvenile delinquency through the provision of state and federal grants, technical assistance, training and education of service

providers, and juvenile justice law projects. The agency monitors juvenile courts, detention centers and other facilities for compliance with federal regulations and state laws related to the detention of juveniles. CYCC monitors and tracks state and federal legislation and programs related to children and youth, advises the Governor's Office and the General Assembly on the potential impact of programs and legislation, and supports funding requests for programs serving children and youth. In addition, the agency administers the Georgia abstinence education initiative. For more information, visit www.cycc.state.ga.us.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CSPA MEMBERS
Council for State Personnel Administration (CSPA) is proud to announce a Scholarship Program for FY 2003-2004. The scholarship program is designed to provide financial assistance to current CSPA members who are full or part-time students pursuing a course of study in Human Resource Management and/or Development.
Four scholarships will be awarded annually each school year in the amount of $500.00 per applicant. Applicants must apply each year to be considered (not a one-time application). All completed applications should be mailed to:
COUNCIL FOR STATE PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE P.O. Box 347206 Atlanta, Georgia 30334
For program information, application, deadline, and eligibility requirements, please visit CSPA website at www.cspa.state.ga.us