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State Budget Sources
An Annotated Guide to State Budgets, Financial Reports, and Fiscal Analyses

Arkansas

This information is an updated excerpt from State Budget Sources: An Annotated Guide to State Budgets, Financial Reports, and Fiscal Analyses, a resource published by the Volcker Alliance designed to help public officials, policy advocates, journalists, academics, and concerned citizens fully understand the critical fiscal decisions that governors and legislators must make. The guide includes links to budgets for this state as well as legislative analyses of budget bills and treasurers’ or comptrollers’ monthly state cash-flow statements; capital spending plans; reports on public-worker pension funding and returns; and reports by local and national fiscal research organizations, bond rating firms, and associations of state fiscal and finance officials.

Executive and Other Constitutional Finance Offices

Governor’s Office

https://governor.arkansas.gov

Department of Finance and Administration

Budget, accounting, and financial reporting.
http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Department of Finance and Administration: Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports

http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/accounting/Pages/CAFR.aspx

Office of Budget

Current and past budget information.
http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/budget/Pages/default.aspx

Office of Budget: Economic Forecast and Monthly Revenue Reports

http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/budget/Pages/generalRevenue.aspx

Office of Budget: Biennial Budget Information

http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/budget/Pages/biennialBudgetRequests.aspx

Transparency Arkansas.gov

Expenditures, revenues, debt, contracts, and workforce information.
http://transparency.arkansas.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Treasurer of State

State investments and cash reports.
https://www.artreasury.gov

Legislative Offices and Other Resources

Bureau of Legislative Research

Budget and fiscal analysis for legislators.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/bureau/pages/default.aspx

Legislative Fiscal Services Division

Coverage of expenditures, revenues, budgets, and other finance-related topics.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/bureau/fiscal/Pages/default.aspx

Legislative Fiscal Services Division: Fiscal Publications

http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/bureau/fiscal/Pages/fiscalpublications.aspx

Legislative Audit

Financial audits, reviews, and special reports.
http://www.arklegaudit.gov

Nongovernmental Organizations

Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (Tax and Budget Section)

Budget and tax coverage focused on the impact on children and families; part of the State Priorities Partnership, a network of state organizations coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
http://www.aradvocates.org/issues/tax-and-budget

Arkansas Policy Foundation

Coverage of taxes, spending, and other fiscal policy topics; part of the State Policy Network of state-focused, free market-oriented think tanks.
http://www.arkansaspolicyfoundation.org
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