FAS 2012 Resource Page

2012 Fiscal Analysts Seminar Online Resources (check back often for updates)
Wednesday, Aug. 29
2:45 p.m. - 4 p.m.	Federal Budget Update Powerpoint Presentation - Jeff Hurley, senior policy specialist, NCSL PowerPoint Presentation - Trinity Tomsic, deputy executive director, Federal Funds Information for States
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.	Budgeting for Personnel PowerPoint Presentation- Todd Haggerty, policy associate, NCSL Brief, Stephen Jardine, fiscal analyst, Utah Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst
Thursday, Aug. 30
Medicaid Track	Forecasting for the Future: Medicaid Budgets under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Michael Deily, Ssnior adviser, Leavitt Partners, LLC (former Medicaid Director) John A. Graves, Ph.D., assistant professor, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Health Care Provider Taxes and Fees PowerPoint Presentation - Dick Cauchi, program director, NCSL Lorez Meinhold, Colorado Governor’s Office of Policy and Research Medicaid Roundtable Medicaid Managed Care (Medicaid Track) PowerPoint Presentation - Neva Kaye, managing director for Health System Performance, National Academy for State Health Policy
Crime & Corrections Track	The Price of Prisons PowerPoint Presentation - Christian Henrichson, Vera Institute of Justice Vera Institute of Justice Cost-Benefit Analysis Unit Cost - Benefit Knowledge Bank for Criminal Justice Price of Prisons Report PowerPoint Presentation - Dick Hickman, deputy staff director, Virginia Senate Finance Committee Handout- 1-100 Behind Bars PowerPoinst Presentation - Drew Soderborg, senior fiscal and policy analyst, California Legislative Analyst's Office Justice Reinvestment (Crime & Corrections Track) PowerPoint Presentation - J.J. Gentry, staff attorney, South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee South Carolina’s Public Safety Reform PowerPoint Presentation - Mike Mullins, Budget Review, Kentucky Legislative Research Commission Handout - KY HB463 2011 Kentucky Reforms PowerPoint Presentation - Richard Jerome, project manager, Public Safety Performance Project of The Pew Center on the States High Cost, Low Return 2012 Georgia Public Safety Reform Time Served Public Opinion on Sentencing and Corrections Policy in America Smarter Choices…Safer Communities Roundtable Discussion: Measuring Recidivism (Crime & Corrections Track) PowerPoint Presentation - Ryan King, director of research, Public Safety Performance Project of The Pew Center on the States 4 in 10 Offenders Return to Prison Within Three Years The Revolving Door of America’s Prisons Juvenile Justice Incentive Funding (Crime & Corrections Track) PowerPoint Presentation - Toni Irving, deputy chief of staff and senior adviser, Office of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn PowerPoint Presentation - David Repp, analyst, Texas Legislative Budget Board PowerPoint Presentation - Rich Williams, policy associate, NCSL
Tax & Revenue Track	Revenue Forecasting: Issues and Challenges Steve Fehr, project director, The Pew Center on the States Andrea Wilco, chief economist, Utah Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst PowerPoint Presentation - David Zin, chief economist, Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency Health Care Provider Taxes and Fees PowerPoint Presentation - Dick Cauchi, program director, NCSL Lorez Meinhold, Colorado Governor’s Office of Policy and Research Tax Expenditures PowerPoint Presentation - Brandon Brockmyer, senior associate, The Pew Center on the States and Josh Goodman, senior associate, The Pew Center on the States Brendan Greally, Massachusetts House Revenue Committee Chief Legal Counsel and Research Director Governor's Veto Report of the Tax Expenditure Commission PowerPoint Presentation - David Zin, chief economist, Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency Roundtable on Budget and Tax Trends PowerPoint Presntation - Arturo Pérez, director. Fiscal Affairs Program, NCSL State Budget Update: Summer 2012 State Tax Update: August 2012
Noon- 1 p.m.	Research Methods: Tips, Tricks and Common Pitfalls PowerPoint Presentation - Sarah Wilhelm, research director, Montana Budget and Policy Center
Friday, Aug. 31
9:15 -11:15 a.m.	Results First: Targeting Resource Programs that Work PowerPoint Presentation - Gary VanLandingham, director, Results First, The Pew Center on the States and Ashleigh Holand, senior associate, Results First, The Pew Center on the States

Questions? Contact Todd Haggerty at NCSL