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November 6, 2007

Carcieri nominates Sasse to head Dept. of Revenue

Governor Carcieri intends to nominate Gary S. Sasse -- who recently announced retirement from leading the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council -- to be director of the newly-created state Department of Revenue.

Sasse, of East Greenwich, will step down from the public expenditure council -- RIPEC -- at year's end.

“As the longtime chief of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, Gary Sasse is the perfect person to head up the new Department of Revenue,” Carcieri said in a statement today. He added: "Like me, Gary is devoted to making sure that state government is operated on a sustainable basis, and that it is a benefit, not a burden, to Rhode Island taxpayers.”

Carcieri stated that Sasse's "experience, knowledge and dedication" will be an asset in dealing with the state's budget deficit.

The General Assembly established the Department of Revenue in 2005. Department of Administration Director Beverly Najarian has served as the interim Director of the Department of Revenue, which oversees such things as the Division of Taxation, the Division of Lottery, the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Division of Property Valuation, and the Office of Revenue Analysis.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKInney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:57 PM | Permalink

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