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Florida Secretary Of Commerce
The Florida Department of Commerce, commonly known as FloridaCommerce, is a state agency of Florida. Based in the state's capitol, Tallahassee, the agency is responsible for community, economic, and workforce development. The agency manages several boards and commissions, including SelectFlorida, with a focus on small businesses, employment, and re-employment. During hurricane season, FloridaCommerce assists in the economic recovery from natural disasters. The agency is also responsible for international economic development. In 2023, the department was re-established by Governor Ron DeSantis in consolidation of Visit Florida, Enterprise Florida and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. Since May 2023, the department has been headed by Secretary J. Alex Kelly, former deputy chief of staff to the Governor of Florida The governor of Florida is the head of government of the U.S. state of Florida. The Governor (United States), governor is the head of the Gove ...
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Government Of Florida
The government of Florida is established and operated according to the Constitution of Florida and is composed of three branches of government: the executive branch consisting of the governor of Florida and the other elected and appointed constitutional officers; the legislative branch, the Florida Legislature, consisting of the Senate and House; and the judicial branch consisting of the Supreme Court of Florida and lower courts. The state also allows direct participation of the electorate by initiative, referendum, and ratification. Executive branch The executive branch of the government of Florida consists of the governor, lieutenant governor, Florida Cabinet (which includes the attorney general, commissioner of agriculture and chief financial officer), and several executive departments.Article IV, Section 6, Florida Constitution, limits the number of executive departments to no more than 25. The constitutional limitation specifically excludes departments authorized in the ...
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Ron DeSantis
Ronald Dion DeSantis (; born September 14, 1978) is an American politician, attorney, and former United States Navy, naval officer serving as the 46th List of governors of Florida, governor of Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served from 2013 to 2018 as the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. representative from . DeSantis was a Ron DeSantis 2024 presidential campaign, candidate for the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2024 Republican presidential nomination, withdrawing his candidacy in January 2024. After graduating from Yale University and Harvard Law School, DeSantis joined the United States Navy, U.S. Navy in 2004 and was promoted to Lieutenant (navy), lieutenant before serving as a United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, legal advisor to SEAL Team One. He was stationed at Joint Task Force Guantanamo in 2006 and was Iraq War troop surge of 2007, deployed to Iraq in 2007. When DeSantis return ...
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Florida Politics
''Florida Politics'' is a news site for politics in the state of Florida. It is operated by Peter Schorsch, who opened the site in 2013 and employs 17 freelance journalists. The site broke the news of the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago. Its business model has been described the site as utilizing pay to play, giving favorable coverage in exchange for advertising dollars. Schorsch has called it "combination journalism". It received money from Florida Power & Light via their lobbying firm, Matrix LLC. References External links

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Spectrum News 13
News 13 (also officially known as Spectrum News 13 as of September 24, 2017) is an American cable news television channel owned by Charter Communications. The channel provides 24-hour rolling news coverage focused primarily on Central Florida, specifically Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter, and Volusia counties. History The channel originally launched in October 29, 1997 as Central Florida News 13; it was originally partnered with the Orlando Sentinel to help with 24-hour newsgathering operations and the channel was originally operated by Time Warner Cable, which relinquished cable television franchise rights in the Orlando metropolitan area to Bright House Networks in 2001. On December 14, 2010, the channel was added to Bright House's system in the Tampa Bay area, on digital channel 1213; the channel is offered in addition to the provider's local news channel in the area, Bay News 9. On November 1, 2011, Central Florida News 13 launched a ...
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Governor Of Florida
The governor of Florida is the head of government of the U.S. state of Florida. The Governor (United States), governor is the head of the Government of Florida#Executive branch, executive branch of the government of Florida and is the commander-in-chief of the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard. Established in the Constitution of Florida, the governor's responsibilities include ensuring the enforcement of Law of Florida, state laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Florida Legislature, overseeing List of Florida state agencies, state agencies, issuing State executive order, executive orders, proposing and overseeing the state budget, and making key appointments to state offices. The governor also has the power to call special sessions of the legislature and grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment. When Florida was first acquired by the United States, future president Andrew Jackson served as its military governor. Florida Territory wa ...
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Chief Of Staff
The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporting Employment, staff or a primary aide-de-camp to an important individual, such as a President (government title), president, or a senior military officer, or leader of a large organization. In general, a chief of staff provides a buffer between a chief executive and that executive's direct-reporting team. The chief of staff generally works behind the scenes to solve problems, mediate disputes, and deal with issues before they are brought to the chief executive. Often chiefs of staff act as a confidant and advisor to the chief executive, acting as a sounding board for ideas. Ultimately the actual duties depend on the position and the people involved. Civilian Government Australia *Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister (Australia), Chief ...
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Enterprise Florida
SelectFlorida, formerly Enterprise Florida, Inc., is a public–private partnership between Florida’s business and government leaders and was the principal economic development organization for the state of Florida. EFI’s mission was to expand and diversify the state’s economy through job creation. In pursuit of its mission, EFI worked closely with a statewide network of economic development partners and was funded both by the State of Florida and by private-sector businesses. Enterprise Florida did not disclose who its donors were. During the 2023 Florida legislative session, Speaker Paul Renner called for dissolution of the entity and instead diverted its funding to the Florida DEO. Some programs of Enterprise Florida were transferred to a new entity, SelectFlorida. History In 1978, the responsibilities of the Florida Department of Commerce were split with the Department of Labor and Employment Security. In 1996, under Governor Lawton Chiles, Florida became the first ...
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Visit Florida
Visit Florida (stylized as VISIT FLORIDA) is Florida's official tourism marketing corporation, serving as Florida's official source for travel planning to visitors across the globe. Visit Florida operates as a nonprofit corporation A nonprofit corporation is any legal entity which has been incorporated under the law of its jurisdiction for purposes other than making profits for its owners or shareholders. Depending on the laws of the jurisdiction, a nonprofit corporation ma ..., it was created as a public/private partnership by the Florida Legislature in 1996. History and operations Visit Florida was created in 1996 by the Florida Legislature as a public-private-partnership. Tourism is the state's largest industry and was responsible for welcoming 122 million visitors in 2021. Based on an economic impact study in 2018, Florida visitors spent $112 billion and supported 1.5 million Florida jobs. According to the state's Office of Economic and Demographic Research, for every $1 ...
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Emergency Management
Emergency management (also Disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actually focus on the management of emergencies; emergencies can be understood as minor events with limited impacts and are managed through the day-to-day functions of a community. Instead, emergency management focuses on the management of disasters, which are events that produce more impacts than a community can handle on its own. The management of disasters tends to require some combination of activity from individuals and households, organizations, local, and/or higher levels of government. Although many different terminologies exist globally, the activities of emergency management can be generally categorized into preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery, although other terms such as disaster risk reduction and prevention are also ...
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List Of Florida State Agencies
Executive branch agencies and departments nominally under the authority of the Governor include: * Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) * Florida Board of Governors * Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) * Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) *Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) * Florida Citrus Commission ** Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC) * Florida Department of Commerce * Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) * Florida State Board of Education **Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) * Florida Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA) *Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) * Florida Department of Government Efficiency (Florida DOGE) * Florida Department of Health (DOH) * Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) * Florida Department of Lottery (Florida Lottery) * Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) ** Florida Division of Administrative Hearings ** Florida Commission on Hu ...
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Atlantic Hurricane Season
The Atlantic hurricane season is the period in a year, from June 1 through November 30, when Tropical cyclone, tropical or subtropical cyclones are most likely to form in the North Atlantic Ocean. These dates, adopted by convention, encompass the period in each year when most tropical cyclogenesis occurs in the tropical cyclone basins, basin. Even so, subtropical or tropical cyclogenesis is possible at List of off-season Atlantic hurricanes, any time of the year, and often does occur. Worldwide, a season's climatology, climatological peak activity takes place in late summer, when the difference between air temperature and sea surface temperatures is the greatest. Peak activity in an Atlantic hurricane season happens from late August through September, with a midpoint on September 10. Atlantic tropical and subtropical cyclones that reach tropical storm intensity are Tropical cyclone naming, named from a predetermined list. On average, 14 named storms occur each sea ...
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SelectFlorida
SelectFlorida, formerly Enterprise Florida, Inc., is a public–private partnership between Florida’s business and government leaders and was the principal economic development organization for the state of Florida. EFI’s mission was to expand and diversify the state’s economy through job creation. In pursuit of its mission, EFI worked closely with a statewide network of economic development partners and was funded both by the State of Florida and by private-sector businesses. Enterprise Florida did not disclose who its donors were. During the 2023 Florida legislative session, Speaker Paul Renner called for dissolution of the entity and instead diverted its funding to the Florida DEO. Some programs of Enterprise Florida were transferred to a new entity, SelectFlorida. History In 1978, the responsibilities of the Florida Department of Commerce were split with the Department of Labor and Employment Security. In 1996, under Governor Lawton Chiles, Florida became the first ...
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