Department of Government Services (New Brunswick)

Department of Government Services

Agency overview
Formed	2012
Preceding agency	Department of Supply and Services Department of Public Works and Highways
Jurisdiction	New Brunswick
Agency executive	Ed Doherty, Minister of Government Services
Parent department	Government of New Brunswick

The Department of Government Services is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with providing central services, including purchase of goods and services, provincial archives, corporate marketing services, translation and printing, to government departments and agencies. It also oversees the Crown agencies Service New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Internal Services Agency.

Part of the Department of Public Works and Highways until 1967, it was known as the Department of Public Works until 1972, and the Department of Supply and Services until 2012. In 2012, its ceded responsibility for maintenance of government buildings to the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure and took on responsibility for corporate marketing for the government.