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

Maryland

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

http://governor.maryland.gov

Department of Budget and Management

Budget documents, budget hearing testimony, and citizen budget guide.
http://dbm.maryland.gov/pages/default.aspx

Department of Budget and Management: Executive Branch Budget and Management Publications

Fiscal digest, annual performance reports, tax expenditure information, and state budget books.
http://dbm.maryland.gov/public/Pages/Publications.aspx

Department of Budget and Management: Funding Accountability and Transparency

Search engine to track vendor payments; links to other contract information.
http://spending.dbm.maryland.gov

Comptroller of Maryland

Revenue and spending information, tax information, and financial reporting.
http://www.marylandtaxes.com

Comptroller of Maryland: Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports

http://finances.marylandtaxes.com/Where_the_Money_Comes_From/General_Revenue_Rep…

Comptroller of Maryland: General Revenue Reports

http://finances.marylandtaxes.com/Where_the_Money_Comes_From/General_Revenue_Rep…

State Treasurer

Investment and debt management.
http://www.treasurer.state.md.us

State Treasurer: Investment Reports

http://www.treasurer.state.md.us/treasury-management/investment-reports.aspx

State Treasurer: Debt Management Reports

http://www.treasurer.state.md.us/debtmanagement/debt-management-reports.aspx

Legislative Offices and Other Resources

General Assembly Budget Page

Operating and capital budgets, spending affordability, budget process, and hearing information.
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmbgtnfiscal.aspx

General Assembly Budget Page: Recent Publications

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmbgtnfiscal.aspx

Department of Legislative Services

Research and analytic services for the General Assembly.
http://dls.maryland.gov/

Office of Legislative Audits

Fiscal, compliance, and performance audits.
http://www.ola.state.md.us

Nongovernmental Organizations

Maryland Center on Economic Policy

Budget and tax policy analysis with an emphasis on economic opportunity and mobility; part of the State Priorities Partnership, a network of state organizations coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
http://www.mdeconomy.org

Maryland Public Policy Institute

Emphasis on policy research, and economic and fiscal issues; part of the State Policy Network of state-focused, free market-oriented think tanks.
http://www.mdpolicy.org
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