New Hampshire State Government Agencies

[Lex]

I think we should pick an agency on this list and try to show that it's wasteful and does not provide much service to NH and maybe get it shut down. Just an idea.

911
Abandoned Property Division, Treasury Department
Accountancy Board
Adjutant General
NH Air National Guard
NH Army National Guard
NH National Guard
NH Veterans Cemetery
Accounting Services, Administrative Services
Administrative Services Department
Accounting Services
Budget Office
Commissioner's Office
Cost Containment Office
Financial Data Management
Human Resources
Plant & Property Management
Bureau of General Services
Bureau of Graphic Services
Bureau of Planning and Management
Bureau of Purchase and Property
Volunteerism Office
Agriculture, Markets, and Food Department
Air Quality, Environmental Services
Americorps, New Hampshire
Amusement Ride Safety, see Safety Services, Safety Department
Architects, see the Joint Board of Licensure and Certification
Archives and Records Management, Secretary of State
Arts Council, Cultural Resources
Attorney General's Office
Banking Commission
Barbering, Cosmetology, and Esthetics Board
Boating Safety, see Safety Services, Safety Department
Boxing and Wrestling Commission
Budget Office, Administrative Services
Building Code Review Board, Safety Department
Business Finance Authority
Charitable Trusts Unit, Attorney General's Office
Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
Coastal Program, Office of Energy and Planning
Commission on the Status of Men
Commission on the Status of Women
Community Development Block Grant Program
Community Development Finance Authority
Community Technical Colleges
Consumer Protection Bureau, Attorney General's Office
Corporations, Secretary of State
Corrections Department
Cosmetology, see the Barbering, Cosmetology, and Esthetics Board
Cost Containment Office, Administrative Services
Cultural Resources Department
Arts
Historical Resources
State Library
Library & Archives of New Hampshire's Political Tradition
American Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission
DMV - Division of Motor Vehicles
Dental Examiners Board
Disability, see the Governor's Commission on Disability
Economic and Labor Market Information, Employment Security
Economic Development, Resources & Economic Development
Education Department
Education, see the Postsecondary Education Commission
Elections, Secretary of State
Electrician Board
Embalmers, see theFuneral Directors and Embalmers Board of Registration
Emergency Communications (Enhanced 9-1-1), Safety Department
Emergency Management Office, Safety Department
Emergency Medical Services Bureau, Safety Department
Employment Security
Economic and Labor Market Information
Energy, see the Office of Energy and Planning
Engineers, see the Joint Board of Licensure and Certification
Enhanced 911
Environmental Services Department
Air Quality
One Stop Data Retrieval
Pollution Prevention
Waste Management
Water Resources & Quality
Esthetics, see the Barbering, Cosmetology, and Esthetics Board
Executive Council
Film and Television Office, Resources & Economic Development
Fire Standards & Training, Safety Department
Fish and Game Department
Foresters, see the Joint Board of Licensure and Certification
Forests and Lands, Resources & Economic Development
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Board of Registration
Geologists, see the Joint Board of Licensure and Certification
Governor John Lynch
Governor's Commission on Disability
GRANIT, Office of Energy and Planning
Guardian ad Litem
Health and Human Services Department
Highway Safety Agency
Highways, see Transportation Department
Historical Resources, Cultural Resources
Housing Finance Authority
Human Resources, Administrative Services
Human Rights Commission
Information Technology Office
Insurance Department
International Trade Resource Center, Resources & Economic Development
Joint Board of Licensure and Certification
Justice Department, see the Attorney General's Office
Labor Department
Labor Market Information, see Economic and Labor Market Information
Land Surveyors, see the Joint Board of Licensure and Certification
Library, see the State Library
Library, see the Library & Archives of NH's Political Tradition
Licensed Allied Health Professionals Office
Liquor Commission
Lottery, see the Sweepstakes Commission
Lynch, Governor John
Manufactured Housing Board
Marine Patrol, see Safety Services, Safety Department
Marital Mediator Certification Board
McAuliffe Planetarium, see the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
Medicine, Board of
Mental Health Practice Board
Moorings Program, see Safety Services, Safety Department
Motor Vehicle Division, Safety Department
Motor Vehicle Industry Board, Safety Department
National Guard
Natural Scientists, see the Joint Board of Licensure and Certification
New Hampshire Community Technical Colleges System
New Hampshire Technical Institute
New Hampshire Community Technical College Berlin
New Hampshire Community Technical College, Claremont
New Hampshire Community Technical College Laconia
New Hampshire Community Technical College Manchester / Stratham / Pease / Derry
New Hampshire Community Technical College Nashua
Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
NH Employment Security, see Employment Security
NH Housing Finance Authority, see Housing Finance Authority
Nursing Board
Office of Information Technology
Office of Energy and Planning
Coastal Program
Community Development Block Grant Program
GRANIT
State Data Center
One Stop Data Retrieval, Environmental Services
Optometry, Board of Registration in
Pari-Mutuel Commission
Parks and Recreation, Resources & Economic Development
Pease Development Authority
Pease International Tradeport
Ports and Harbors
Personnel, see Human Resources
Pharmacy Board
Planetarium, see the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
Office of Energy and Planning
Plant & Property Management, Administrative Services
Bureau of General Services
Bureau of Graphic Services
Bureau of Planning and Management
Bureau of Purchase and Property
Plumbers Licensing Board
Podiatry, Board of Registration in
Police, see the State Police
Police Standards and Training Council
Political Library, see the Library & Archives of NH's Political Tradition
Pollution Prevention, Environmental Services
Ports and Harbors, Pease Development Authority
Postsecondary Education Commission
Prison, see the Corrections Department
Public Employee Labor Relations Board
Public Utilities Commission
Consumer Advocate Office
Electric Choice
Real Estate Appraiser Board
Real Estate Commission
Refugee Services, Governor's Office of Energy and Planning
Resources and Economic Development Department
Economic Development
International Trade Resource Center
Forests and Lands
Parks and Recreation
Travel and Tourism Development
Film and Television Office
Retirement System
Revenue Administration Department
Safety Department
Administration
Building Code Review Board
Emergency Communications (Enhanced 9-1-1)
Emergency Management
Emergency Medical Services
Fire Safety
Fire Standards & Training and Emergency Medical Services
Hearings
Homeland Security Grants
Motor Vehicle Division
Motor Vehicle Industry Board
Road Toll
Safety Services
Boating Safety
Marine Patrol
Moorings Program
Tramway / Amusement Ride Safety
State Police
Secretary of State
Archives and Records Management
Corporations
Elections
Securities Regulation Bureau
Uniform Commercial Code Division
Vital Records Administration Division
Securities Regulation Bureau, Secretary of State
State Council on the Arts Council, Cultural Resources
State Data Center, Office of Energy and Planning
State Department, see the Secretary of State
State Library, Cultural Resources
State Police, Safety Department
State Prison, see the Corrections Department
Status of Women, see the Commission on the Status of Women
Sweepstakes Commission
Tax and Land Appeals Board
Taxes, see Revenue Administration Department
Technical Colleges, see the New Hampshire Community Technical Colleges
Technology, see the Office of Information Technology
Tramway / Amusement Ride Safety, see Safety Services, Safety Department
Transportation Department
Travel and Tourism Development, Resources & Economic Development
Treasury Department
Abandoned Property Division
Unemployment Compensation, see Employment Security
Uniform Commercial Code Division, Secretary of State
Veterans Cemetery
Veterans Council
Veterans Home
Veterinary Medicine Board
VisitNH.Gov, see Travel and Tourism Development
Vital Records Administration Division
Volunteerism Office
Waste Management, Environmental Services
Water Resources & Quality, Environmental Services
Women, see the Commission on the Status of Women
Workers Compensation, see the Labor Department
Workforce Opportunity Council

[Kat Kanning]

All of the above?
Education Department?
Health and Human Services?

[AlanM]

State Council on the Arts
Film and Television Agency

Two that are viewed by most people as being totally unnecessary.

[Lex]

The ones that stood out for me:

Abandoned Property Division, Treasury Department - no such thing as abandoned, someone will always be willing to claim ownership of it, we don't need a department for this.

Cost Containment Office - It sounds like a nice office but has it ever "contained" costs?

Volunteerism Office - An oxymoron.

Amusement Ride Safety, see Safety Services, Safety Department

Arts Council, Cultural Resources

Barbering, Cosmetology, and Esthetics Board

Boxing and Wrestling Commission - Why should we have to pay to regulate boxers and wrestlers, this is stupid.

Christa McAuliffe Planetarium - Sell it to a private entity!

Commission on the Status of Men  - ???
Commission on the Status of Women - ???

Liquor Commission - Buhbye!

Ah, I give up! There are too many.

[AlanM]

The ones that stood out for me:

Abandoned Property Division, Treasury Department - no such thing as abandoned, someone will always be willing to claim ownership of it, we don't need a department for this.

Cost Containment Office - It sounds like a nice office but has it ever "contained" costs?

Volunteerism Office - An oxymoron.

Amusement Ride Safety, see Safety Services, Safety Department

Arts Council, Cultural Resources

Barbering, Cosmetology, and Esthetics Board

Boxing and Wrestling Commission - Why should we have to pay to regulate boxers and wrestlers, this is stupid.

Christa McAuliffe Planetarium - Sell it to a private entity!

Commission on the Status of Men? - ???
Commission on the Status of Women - ???

Liquor Commission - Buhbye!

Ah, I give up! There are too many.

Good choices for elimination or privatization. Perhaps we could focus on a couple each month.

[Pat McCotter]

The ones that stood out for me:
...
Commission on the Status of Men? - ???
Commission on the Status of Women - ???
...
Ah, I give up! There are too many.

UL Editorial: Sins of commission: No subsidies for activist groups

Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005

FOR EXAMPLES of the unmitigated sqaundering of taxpayer dollars, Granite Staters need look no further than a pair of politically motivated state commissions, one created to lobby for laws, programs and services that benefit 50 percent of the population, the other created to lobby for laws, programs and services that benefit the remaining 50 percent.

The Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on the Status of Men are nothing more than non-profit activist organizations. As such, they should be private. Yet they are officially chartered and occasionally financed by the state, neither of which is justified.

The women's commission, according to its own official history, "was clearly born as a result of the women's movement that began in the 1960's. . ." Though it has changed somewhat with the times, it remains an activist feminist outfit. That's just peachy. The issues it addresses are often legitimate ones. But the group's activism has no business being endorsed or underwritten by the state.

The same goes for the men's commission. It was created in 2002 out of legitimate concerns about fathers being treated unfairly in the courts and boys falling through the cracks of the public school system. Its members now argue that they cannot effectively lobby the Legislature unless they have more state money and a full-time executive director with an office and a support staff.

(The women's commission faced similar funding and organizational problems early in its existence, it is worth noting.)

New Hampshire has some highly effective private organizations that lobby for the disabled, small business owners, environmentalists, gun owners, and others. They manage to do their jobs without state charters or subsidies. The men's and women's commissions can, and should, do the same.

[Pat McCotter]

The ones that stood out for me:
...
Commission on the Status of Men? - ???
Commission on the Status of Women - ???
...
Ah, I give up! There are too many.

CM article: Men's group wants more funding
Director and staff are top priorities 

The Associated Press
December 28. 2005 8:00AM

A commission that believes courts and schools must do more to help men and boys says its first priority is getting more financial support for its work.

The New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Men, set up by the Legislature in 2002, says its ability to do its job "is considerably compromised by lack of funding."

A report the commission issued last month calls for state funding to hire an executive director and give him or her support staff and an office.

An earlier committee that set up the commission concluded that men and boys in New Hampshire need help and support in areas including education, health and family courts.

The commission's Nov. 1 report, based partly on hearings, calls for reducing the disparity in spending on men's and women's health issues and focusing on the worst conditions and diseases, regardless of which gender is most affected.

It also calls for intervening to keep boys on track through programs to boost their self-esteem and improve their skills at coping with problems and conflict.
At hearings, men complained that family courts do not take the role of fathers in children's lives seriously. Men said they are treated as visitors in their children's lives, despite often being the main source of financial support.

Commissioner Michael Geanoulis accused feminist organizations of seeking "to neutralize a father's influence with his family."

Rep. David Bickford, a Republican from Strafford who has introduced a number of bills related to the commission's issues, believes the preponderance of men in the Legislature is part of the problem.

"They don't want to look like they are self-dealing," he said. "Many take their direction from special interest groups."

[AlanM]

The status of women and men is that they are alive, still breeding, and from all indications, will continue to do so. 

[Lex]

The status of women and men is that they are alive, still breeding, and from all indications, will continue to do so. 

That would make a great sign at a protest!

[AlanM]

The status of women and men is that they are alive, still breeding, and from all indications, will continue to do so.?

That would make a great sign at a protest!

Hadn't thought about it, but you're right.
As far as the State is concerned, that is all that matters, that men and women get together, have families, and live their lives. End of story.