Duties of the Idaho State Controller

The State Controller is the chief fiscal officer of state government and manages Idaho’s fiscal affairs which include paying all obligations of the state, paying all state employees, as well as maintaining the centralized financial management reporting and accounting systems.
She is the ex-officio Secretary of the Board of Examiners, a member of the Board of Land Commissioners, and serves on the Board of Canvassers. She also manages the state’s central Computer Service Center, sits as a member of the Information Technology Resource Management Council (ITRMC), and serves as an advisor to the Commissioners of the Idaho Housing and Finance Association, as well as advisor to the Commissioners of the Idaho Food Quality Assurance Institute and administrator of State Social Security Programs.
To accomplish these tasks, the State Controller’s Office is divided into three operating divisions and an administrative support division:
Administrative Operations

• Responsible for State Controller’s Office budget, fiscal, facility, and HR management
• Provides public information services
• Oversees statewide Business Intelligence Program (IBIS)
• Supports State Controller’s board memberships (Land Board, Board of Examiners, Board of Canvassers)

Statewide Accounting

• Generates state warrants, which are used like checks to pay state employees and other state business obligations
• Maintains the State’s accounting system (STARS)
• Prepares statewide financial reports (CAFR, Citizen’s Report, Legal Basis)
• Implements statewide accounting standards, which conform to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
• Coordinates 1099 MISC filing for state agencies

Statewide Computer Services

• Operates the State’s largest mainframe computer and data center
• Provides technical data processing support to state agencies
• Application development and support

Statewide Payroll – Employee Information System (EIS)

• Pays and maintains payroll records for approximately 25,000 state employees
• Conducts payroll and accounting training conferences for government employees
• Responsible for all garnishment processing, tax reporting, and electronic-fund transfers with major vendors

Office holders

Idaho state controllers
Officeholder	Party	Assumed office	Left office
Silas W. Moody	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	1/5/1891	1/2/1893
Frank C. Ramsey	Republican	1/2/1893	1/7/1897
J.H. Anderson	P-D	1/7/1897	7/2/1899
Bartlett Sinclair		1/7/1899	1/7/1901
E.W. Jones	P-D-S.R.	1/7/1901	1/5/1903
Theo Turner	Republican	1/5/1903	1/3/1905
Robert S. Bragaw		1/2/1905	1/4/1909
S.D. Taylor	Republican	1/4/1909	1/6/1913
Fred L. Huston	Republican	1/6/1913	1/1/1917
Clarence Van Deusen	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	1/1/1917	1/6/1919
Edward G. Gallett	Republican	1/6/1919	1/2/1933
Harry C. Parsons	Democratic	1/2/1933	1/2/1939
Calvin E. Wright Calvin E. Wright Calvin Everett Wright was a Democratic politician from Idaho. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Idaho in 1950. Wright was defeated by Republican Len Jordan.Wright served as Idaho state auditor from 1939 to 1945....	Democratic	1/2/1939	1/1/1945
Ernest G. Hansen	Democratic	1/1/1945	1/6/1947
N.P. Nielson	Republican	1/6/1947	4/30/1957 (died in office)
Rulon Swensen	Republican	6/18/1957 (appointed to fill vacancy)	1/5/1959
Joe R. Williams	Democratic	1/5/1959	2/28/1989 (resigned)
J.D. Williams	Democratic	3/1/1989 (appointed to fill vacancy then elected)	09/30/2002
Keith Johnson	Republican	10/1/2002 (appointed to fill vacancy then elected)	1/1/2007
Donna Jones Donna Jones Donna M. Jones, 20th Idaho state controller, was elected on November 7, 2006 and sworn into office by long-time friend and Idaho State Supreme Court Justice Jim Jones on January 1, 2007...	Republican	1/2/2007