Mission Statement
The mission of Central Management Services is to free Illinois State agencies and governmental entities to focus their resources on their core missions. Using a Shared Services model, we work in partnership with them to reduce the total cost and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the administrative services we provide them and, thus improve the services they provide to the citizens of Illinois. We apply those same goals to the services we provide the general public. In fulfilling our mission, we utilize best practices to create, lead and manage administrative services, to preserve the State’s human and concrete assets, and to establish and monitor standards for the greater good of state government.
James P. Sledge, Director
A lawyer with more than 15 years of experience and a long history of service to the people of Illinois, Mr. Sledge became Director of Central Management Services in August of 2008. Mr. Sledge previously served not only as the Director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security but also as the Executive Director of the Illinois Human Rights Commission. After receiving his law degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1992, Mr. Sledge went into private practice and became involved with local, state and national politics. Mr. Sledge began his career in public service with the Cook County Board, where he served on the task force examining the feasibility of a new Cook County Hospital. In 1995, Director Sledge became a prosecutor with the Child Support Enforcement Division of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office.
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