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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRSThe Department of Community Affairs serves as the Governor©s representative to local governments in matters affectingsocial, economic, human, or intergovernmental relations byproviding mediation, consultation and fact-finding services. Inthis capacity, the Department encourages coordinated planning activities among various planning and development districts, provides information and advice on federal programsand funding opportunities to the districts and to units of localgovernments. The Department provides program planning andother technical assistance to local governments in order toassist cities and counties in anticipating physical and economicgrowth and development. The Department also administers,on behalf of the State, several federal programs of primarybenefit to local governments better enabling the Department toprovide a complete assistance program.The Board of Community Affairs establishes policy anddirection concerning the activities of the Department. TheBoard consists of fifteen members appointed by the Governorfor five year terms.Board MembersStewart Bloodworth ............................ PerryFrank Moore ............................. CartersvilleMyrtle Davis ................................ AtlantaLawrence Bennett ........................ HawkinsvilleFloy Farr ............................. Peachtree CityJames Folk.................................. AugustaLace Futch ............................. WillacoocheeElijah Hill............................... ThomasvilleJ.B. Jones ................................ DahlonegaMartha Kennedy .............................. RomeBenny Parker .............................. ColumbusLarry Parrish ............................. SwainsboroClinton Shugart ............................. UnadillaJean Williams............................. DunwoodyMike Wolfe .................................. DublinThe Commissioner serves as the executive officer and administrative head of the Department. He is appointed by and servesat the pleasure of the Board. The Commissioner assists theBoard in the performance of its duties, powers, authority andjurisdiction, as the Board provides.Authority and responsibilities of the Department of Community Affairs are enumerated in OCGA 50-8.HISTOR Y. The Department of Community Affairs wascreated by Ga. L. 1977, p. 381. The Department is the successoragency to the Bureau of Community Affairs in the Departmentof Community Development.Griff Doyle, Executive AssistantJerry Griffin, Special AssistantJimmie E. Higdon, Atlanta. Commissioner, Dept. of CommunityAffairs, June 1, 1980-date. BornJune 19, 1941 in Greene Co., Ga.U. of Ga., AB, 1964. Democrat.Methodist. Ga. Nat©1. Guard,1964-70. Administrator, StateCrime Commission, 1970-May1980. Wife, former Phyllis AnnKizer; 1 son.Alton Moultrie, Special AssistantHoward Perdue, Director. Finance and AdministrationLynn Thomton, Director, Intergovernmental RelationsKen R. Cook, Director, Technical AssistanceChantal Akridge, Director, Community Development BlockGrant ProgramPaul Radford, Director, Community and Economic DevelopmentHank Weisman, Director, Job Training Partnership ActProgramDEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEThe Georgia Department of Defense is responsible for maintaining national and state security and responding to declarednational or state emergencies or disasters. The AdjutantGeneral administers the Department which is comprised of theGeorgia Army and Air National Guard, the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and Georgia Selective Service. Toassist the Adjutant General in carrying out his duties, theGovernor is authorized to appoint an Assistant AdjutantGeneral for the Army and Assistant Adjutant General for theAir National Guard. Also, the Governor is authorized toappoint a deputy director of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.The Georgia Emergency Management Agency of the Department is legally mandated with preparation for and carryingout of various emergency functions not delegated to militaryforces or other federal agencies. These functions relate to civilian protection and are intended primarily to prevent, minimize,and repair injury and damage resulting from a wide variety ofmanmade or natural disasters, or imminent threats of suchdisasters. The enacting legislation also provides for these functions to be coordinated with comparable functions of the federal government.The Adjutant General is Chief of Staff. The AdjutantGeneral is appointed by the Governor and must be between theage of thirty and sixty-five years, and must have attained atleast field grade or equivalent in the National Guard of theState or in the Armed Forces of the United States or a Reservecomponent thereof and have served not less than five years inone or more services.The Department operates under legal mandate prescribed inOCGA Title 38.HISTOR Y. Since colonial days, Georgia has maintained amilitia. The 1777 Constitution provided for the Governor toassume the duties of Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief overall militia, military and naval forces belonging to theState. A 177^ Act (CRG, v. 19, pt. II, p. 103) provided for thebetter ordering and regulating of the militia. By an Act of 1792(M arbury & Crawford, p. 356) the General Assembly was givenauthority to elect an Adjutant General, but the position wasabolished in 1840 (Ga. L. 1840, p. 128) with the duties andresponsibilities transferred to the Division Inspectors. Actswere also passed by the General Assembly in 1860, 1866 and1879 effecting the position of Adjutant General. The militaryforces of the State were reorganized by an Act of 1916 (Ga. L.1916, p. 158) which was repealed by the 1951 Military ForcesReorganization Act (Ga. L. 1951, p. 311). The Military ForcesReorganization Act of 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 23) established the43