FISCAL AFFAIRS

 

The Fiscal Affairs Committee provides a forum for chairs and members of finance and appropriation committees in western legislatures to exchange ideas and experiences on issues affecting state budgets. Fiscal issues associated with the impact of recessions, stimulus funding, state fiscal trends, taxation, business incentives, revenue forecasting and performance-based budgeting are among the topics addressed by the committee.

 

CHAIR Assemblywoman Debbie Smith Nevada

VICE CHAIR Representative Tom Taylor New Mexico

 

Click here for full committee roster

 

 

Fiscal Affairs Committee Meeting

Sunday, July 22, 2012

8:00 - 11:00am

Edmonton, Alberta

 

Click here to see the Fiscal Affairs Meeting Highlights

 

Presentations and handouts from the meeting are available below:

Click here for Fiscal Affairs Meeting Agenda

 

Chris Whatley

Director, Council of State Governments (CSG) Washington, D.C. Office

• What’s happening in Washington, D.C.?

Dr. Gary VanLandingham

Results First Director, Pew Center on the States, Washington, D.C.

• Handout: Results First Factsheet
• Handout: Results First Washington Case Study
• Handout: Evidence-Based Options to Improve Statewide Outcomes

Senator Karen Fraser, Washington

• Washington State Institute for Public Policy

 

Tax and Financial Incentives: What’s Working in the West?

 

NEW report: Trends in Western State Business Incentives

Click here to visit CSG Knowledge Center where you will find links for each specific western state overview

 

Karla Tartz, Deputy Director of Strategy & Operations, Office of Economic Development and

International Trade, Denver, Colorado

• The Colorado Blueprint Program
• HANDOUT

 

Nathan Buehler

Communications & Marketing Manager, Business Oregon, Salem, Oregon

• Business Oregon
• HANDOUT

 

Gynii Gilliam

Chief Economic Development Officer, Department of Commerce, Boise, Idaho

• Workforce Development Training Fund
• HANDOUT