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• 1. Slicing the Budget Pie
  
  • 1.1 Appropriations
    • 1.1.1 Operations
      • Operating Expenditures by Source
      • Biggest General Fund Spending Programs (Operating)
      • FY02 Operating Appropriations
    • 1.1.2 Capital Appropriations
      • Capital Spending between $1 million and $10 million
      • Surface Transportation Projects FY 02 (Capital Appropriations)
      • Federal Spending in Alaska, FY 02
      • General Fund Capital Expenditures
      • 1.2.6.3 Special Funds Capital
      • FY02 Capital Appropriations
    • 1.1.3 Inflation Proofing the Permanent Fund
    • 1.1.4 Debt Retirement
  • 1.2 Revenues
    • 1.2.1 Unrestricted Revenues
      • 1.2.1.1 Oil Revenues
      • 1.2.1.2 Non-Oil Revenues
    • 1.2.2 Constitutional Budget Reserve (CBR)
    • 1.2.3 Federal Transfers
      • 1.2.3.1 Federal Transfers for Operations
      • 1.2.3.2 Federal Transfers for Capital Expenditures
    • 1.2.4 Part of Permanent Fund Earnings
    • 1.2.5 Bond Sales
    • 1.2.6 Other Revenue Sources
      • 1.2.6.1 Duplicated Appropriations (Intra-Governmental Charges)
      • 1.2.6.2 Other Revenue - Special Funds (Operating)
      • 1.2.6.3 Special Funds Capital
  • 1.3.0 Income and Expenses
    • 1.3.1 From Revenue Sources to Total Revenues
    • 1.3.2 Appropriations to Outlays
    • 1.3.3 Moving Target

*What's in the Legislative Finance numbers?

• FY02 Operating Appropriations
• Fiscal Summary
• Description of Funding Categories
• Bonds and COP's
• Debt Retirement

• 2. Cash on the Street -- Where Did the Money Go?'
  • 2.1 Labor Cost
  • 2.2 Grants to Local Governments
  • 2.3 Payments to Individuals
  • 2.4 Purchases from Private Business
  • 2.5 Inflation Proofing, etc.
  • 2.6 Intergovernmental Charges
  • 2.7 Appropriations to Cash on the Street (COTS)
  • 2.8 Economic Impact of Cash on the Street

• 3. Budget History
  • 3.1 Growth Of General Fund
  • 3.2 Special Funds
  • 3.2.1 Description of Fund Codes
  • 3.3 Total State Outlays
  • 3.4 Growth in Total Appropriations
  • 3.5 Employment
  • 3.6 Growth of Payroll
  • 3.7 Budget Shifting

• 4. Comparisons to Other States
  • 4.1 Spending Compared to Other States
  • 4. 2 What is the Alaska Premium Spent On?
    • The Big Three
    • What Programs Get the Extra Money?
    • Premium by Object
  • 4.3 How has the Differential been Changing over Time?
    • Second Opinion
  • 4.4 How do we Rank among the States in Outlays?
  • 4.5 Jobs and Payroll
  • 4.6 Jobs and Payroll Big Items
  • 4.7 Jobs and Payroll Trend
  • 4.8 More State Workers -- How do we Rank?
  • 4.9 Alaska Financial Assets and Debt Compared to the US Average
  • 4.10 How Does Alaska Finance Government Compared to Other States?
  • 4.11 Comparing Alaska Outlays with Wyoming--Another Big Area-Small Population Western State
  • 4.12 Why Does Alaska Spend More than Other States?
  • 4.13 Tax Burden Comparisons
  • 4.14 Extra Alaska State Spending Share

• 5. The Fiscal Gap
  • 5.1 What is it?
  • 5.2 Potential New Revenues
    • Untapped Revenues -- Personal Income Tax
    • Untapped Revenues -- Statewide Sales Tax
    • Untapped Revenues -- Lottery and Gambling
    • NonPetroleum Corporation Income Tax
    • Natural Resource Revenues and Expenditures
    • Motor Fuel Tax Rate Comparisons
    • Alcohol Tax Rate Comparisons
    • Cigarette Tax Rate Comparisons
    • Land Sales
    • Gas Pipeline
    • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
  • 5.3 Principles
  • 5.4 A Possible Solution
    • 5.4.1 Generic Fiscal Plan - The Timetable
    • 5.4.2 A Generic Fiscal Plan - The Numbers
    • 5.4.3 The Fiscal Gap - Graphs
    • 5.4.4 Assumption Notes
  • 5.5 Some Bogus Solutions
    • Other proposals

• 6. State Assets
  • 6.1 Trust and Agency Funds
  • 6.2 Public Corporations
  • 6.3 General Funds
  • 6.4 Enterprise Funds
  • 6.5 Administrative Funds
  • 6.6 Special Revenue Funds
  • 6.7 Investment Management
    • GeFONSI Pool
  • 6.8 Index to Funds

• 7. Budget Myths
• State Investment Fund Balances

• 8. Nuts and Bolts

• 9. Programs

• 10. Perspectives

• 11. Budget FAQs
  • 11.1 The Alaska Disconnect
  • 11.1.1 Calculating the Alaska Disconnect
  • 11.2 Potential Job Loss Comparison
  • 11.3 Other Budget FAQs

• Other Resources

• Alaska Citizen's Guide to the Budget - Contact Us

Fiscal Policy Papers