2014 Fiscal Analysts Seminar Resources

2014 Fiscal Analysts Seminar Resources

Plenary Sessions

Federal Budget Update

• Marcia Howard, Director, Federal Funds Information for States, D.C.
• Jeff Hurley, Committee Director, National Conference of State Legislatures

Long-Term Budget Outlooks

Agency Budget Requests: Key Questions and Things to Look For

Data Mapping Tools: Excel and Beyond

• Jonathan Ball, Director, Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, Utah
• Tom Jensen and Michael Mann, Washington State, Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program (LEAP) and Catrina Lucero, Washington State House of Representatives, Office of Program Research

Recreational and Medical Marijuana: What a Fiscal Analyst Needs to Know

• Rick Garza and Mike Kashmar, Washington State Liquor Control Board
• Larson Silbaugh, Colorado Legislative Council

Communicating with Members

GASB: What Legislative Fiscal Staff Need to Know

Revenue/Tax Policy Track

Forecasting Techniques and Methods

Forecasting the Forecast

Transportation Track

The Future of Federal Transportation Funding: MAP-21 Reauthorization and Beyond

States Leading the Way: The Quest for Sustainable Transportation Funding

Lockboxes and Legislation: State Efforts to Dedicate and Protect Transportation Revenues

Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation

Corrections Track

Follow the Money: Tracking Costs and Savings of Corrections Legislation

• Ellen McCann, The Pew Charitable Trusts

  • Hawaii’s 2014 Juvenile Justice Reform

• Linda Gilbert, Oregon Legislative Fiscal Office

What Works: Cost Effective Corrections Strategies

• Steve Aos, Washington State Institute for Public Policy
  • Benefit-Cost Results
• Jon Courtney, New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee
  • Evidence-based Programs to Reduce Recidivism and Improve Public Safety in Adult Corrections

Budgeting for Community Corrections

• Peggy McGarry, Vera Institute of Justice
  • Performance Incentive Funding
  • The Potential of Community Corrections to Improve Safety and Reduce Incarceration
• John Walz, Minnesota House of Representatives
• Justin Carroll, Kansas Legislative Research Department

Corrections Health Care Costs

• Maria Schiff, The Pew Charitable Trusts
• Sarah Larson, Legislative Analyst's Office, California

Additional Resources:

Managing Corrections Costs, NCSL report

Trends in Sentencing and Corrections: State Legislation, NCSL report

Max Out: The Rise in Prison Inmates Released Without Supervision, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Time Served: The High Cost, Low Return of Longer Prison Terms, The Pew Charitable Trusts

One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Improving Recidivism as a Performance Measure, Urban Institute