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The Legislative Fiscal Office (LFO) is a permanent nonpartisan legislative service agency that:

• Provides comprehensive research, analysis, and recommendations on the state’s biennial budget
• Evaluates state expenditures, program administration, and agency organization
• Assists in developing the Legislature’s adopted balanced budget
• Prepares fiscal impact statements on legislative measures
• Publishes detailed analyses, summary documents, and briefs on budget-related topics

The Legislative Fiscal Office provides professional staff for the:

• Joint Committee on Ways and Means
• Emergency Board
• Joint Committee on Legislative Audits and Information Management & Technology
• Other special committees or task forces on budget as directed by legislative leadership

Helpful Summaries:

Legislative Fiscal Office – Agency Overview
Oregon Budget Basics and Process Review

Webpages:

Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Emergency Board
Fiscal Impact Statements, Budget Reports, and Staff Measure Summaries
Publications Archive

Recent Publications:

Highlights of the 2011-13 Legislatively Approved Budget UPDATE
Analysis of the 2011-13 Legislatively Adopted Budget

 

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