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

Pennsylvania

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

Pennsylvania Office of the Budget: Budget Process

http://www.budget.pa.gov/PublicationsAndReports/Pages/The_Budget_Process_in_PA.a…

Pennsylvania Office of the Budget: Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports

http://www.budget.pa.gov/PublicationsAndReports/AnnualFinancialReport/Pages/defa…

Pennsylvania Office of the Budget: Other Postemployment Benefit Reports

https://www.budget.pa.gov/PublicationsAndReports/Actuarial-Reports

PennWatch

Transparency site with information on revenues, spending, budget, and employee compensation.
http://pennwatch.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Independent Fiscal Office (IFO )

Comprehensive compilation of budget and financial information with revenue estimates, monthly revenue reports, budget presentations, and budgetary and economic analyses.
http://www.ifo.state.pa.us/

IFO Releases

Frequently updated news and analysis; research briefs, presentation, and commentary.
http://www.ifo.state.pa.us/Releases.cfm

Treasury

Investments and cash management.
http://www.patreasury.gov

Treasury: Investment Reports

http://www.patreasury.gov/investments/

Department of the Auditor General

Financial and performance audits.
http://www.paauditor.gov

Legislative Offices and Other Resources

Legislative Budget and Finance Committee

Legislative service agency with reports and presentations on budget and other financial matters, as well as an examination of policies and impacts.
http://lbfc.legis.state.pa.us

Government Commission

Performs research, primarily policy oriented, for the Pennsylvania General Assembly; provides support to advisory committees and task forces.
http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us

Nongovernmental Organizations

Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center

Coverage of budget and other fiscal issues, with a focus on working families; part of the State Priorities Partnership, a network of state organizations coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
http://pennbpc.org

Pennsylvania Partnership for Children

Focused on young people’s education, health, and well-being; includes a section on the state budget.
http://www.papartnerships.org

Pennsylvania Watchdog.org

A project of the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, this news organization is dedicated to transparency and accountability, with a mission to “expose the facts about government mismanagement and overreach” and to provide oversight of state government.
http://watchdog.org/category/pennsylvania
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