Indiana Code Title 4. State Offices and Administration § 4-13-1-2

Sec. 2. There is created a department of state government which shall be known as the Indiana department of administration, referred to in this chapter as the department;  and which shall consist of a commissioner as its executive head and of officers and employees who shall be appointed or employed in the department.  The commissioner shall be appointed by the governor and the commissioner shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor.  The commissioner shall be well versed in administrative management and in the affairs of state government which by law are the responsibility of the governor, and shall in no manner affect the separate judicial and legislative departments of state government which by law and the Constitution of the State of Indiana are under the jurisdiction and are the responsibility of other state elected officials.  The compensation of the commissioner shall be fixed and determined by the budget agency subject to the approval of the governor.