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Fiscal Affairs Program

Governing for Results

Oregon

Overview: The Oregon benchmarks project is a state strategic plan intended, according to the enabling statute, to facilitate economic progress in the state. It is administered by the Oregon Progress Board. Its best-known product is the biennial report Oregon Shines, which compiles benchmarks in various economic, environmental and social areas and measures state progress toward them. The benchmarking project is not linked directly to legislative activity or the state budget.

Statutory Requirements:

Enabling legislation for the Oregon Progress Board is found in
Or. Rev. Stat. §285a.150 ff at this site: http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/285a.html

Studies: The Government Accounting Standards Board has released a case study on the use and the effects of using performance measures for budgeting, management and reporting in Oregon:
http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/seagov/pmg/index.html

Agencies:

The Oregon Progress Board: The web site for the Oregon Progress Board lists its various publications and compilations of data and provides a history of the Oregon benchmarking project.
http://www.econ.state.or.us/opb/

Strategic Planning:

Oregon requirements for state strategic planning are found in the enabling legislation for the Progress Board in Or. Rev. Stat. §285a.150 ff at this site: http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/285a.html

Statewide Benchmarks:

• The most recent version of Oregon Shines is at this web site:
  Oregon Shines II: Updating Oregon's Strategic Plan (1997) http://www.econ.state.or.us/opb/orsh2.htm
• Oregon Shines: 1999 update report
  http://www.econ.state.or.us/opb/fullrep.pdf
• 1999 Benchmark Blue Book. This document shows the state agencies whose activities affect a given benchmark, and which benchmarks are affected by the work of specific agencies. http://www.econ.state.or.us/opb/bbb/index.htm

Posted 16 October 2000

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