Budget

OFM performs an ongoing role in the planning, analysis, and implementation of the state's operating and capital budgets. It has the primary responsibility for making budget recommendations to the Governor and presenting the Governor's budget proposal to the Legislature and the public. After budgets are approved by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor, OFM monitors state agency activities for conformance with executive and legislative intent.

Updates

2009-11 Budget

General Fund–State Revenue Forecast Updated for November. The Economic and Revenue Forecast Council has adopted a new biennial forecast that reduces expected General Fund-State revenues from the September 2009 forecast by $760 million for the 2009-11 Biennium.

Central service agencies and those agencies with General Fund-State funding received a request for identification of mandatory versus non-mandatory activities. The e-mail sent to each agency included a spreadsheet listing their individual activities. The information was due back to OFM by October 23.

2010 supplemental budget requests were due to OFM by Monday, October 19.

Performance measure targets for 2009-11 were to be entered into the Performance Measure Tracking System and submitted to OFM by Friday, October 16. See our new Performance Measure Guide.

Implementation instructions for the General Fund-State budget savings July 1, 2009

Other

The Washington State Budget Process (pdf) description has been updated for 2009-11.