Agency recommendation summaries
The individual agency Recommendation Summaries in this document reflect the dollar and FTE differences between current biennium (2007-09) expenditure authority and the Governor's proposed 2009-11 budget. The summaries also identify the activities the agencies perform, with narrative that is intended to present a succinct, informative description of the services that result from this budget proposal.
The activity information continues to play a crucial role in the Governor’s budget development effort, helping decision makers analyze statewide costs and results, and providing a meaningful way to talk about the work of state government. While activity data appears to be the best way to explain what the budget will buy, there are also some qualifications that should be noted:
- Most agencies do not have accounting systems that detail expenditures to the activity level. Costs displayed in the Recommendation Summaries should be considered reasonable, but not precise, estimates.
- With approximately 1,000 activity descriptions for more than 100 agencies, the level at which activities are defined will vary somewhat from agency to agency.
- The assignment of costs or savings of new items to activities is an estimate. The agency will have the opportunity to reassign these costs to the proper activities after the budget is enacted.
Other formatting conventions in this document include the following:
- Each agency step table displays a summary line representing the cost of Maintenance Level (i.e., the dollars necessary to carry on the same activities next biennium, as adjusted for rate changes and mandatory caseload or enrollment changes). Proposed changes to this base level of funding are itemized as “Performance Changes” and briefly described.
- An asterisk (*) indicates expenditure changes that are dependent on new revenue legislation.
- Expenditures requiring other types of legislation are identified by a pound sign (#) at the end of the item label.
- Many agency summaries will include an item in the activity list titled “Other Statewide Adjustments.” This item reflects proposed compensation adjustments that were not allocated to individual agency activities. The agency will assign these costs to the proper activities after the budget is enacted.
Printable Recommendation Summaries (Entire Document)
Legislative
- House of Representatives
- Senate
- Joint Transportation Committee
- Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee
- Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program Committee
- Office of the State Actuary
- Joint Legislative Systems Committee
- Statute Law Committee
Judicial
- Supreme Court
- Law Library
- Court of Appeals
- Commission on Judicial Conduct
- Administrative Office of the Courts
- Office of Public Defense
- Office of Civil Legal Aid
Governmental operations
- Office of the Governor
- Office of Lieutenant Governor
- Public Disclosure Commission
- Office of the Secretary of State
- Governor's Office of Indian Affairs
- Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs
- Office of State Treasurer
- Redistricting Commission
- Office of State Auditor
- Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials
- Office of Attorney General
- Caseload Forecast Council
- Department of Financial Institutions
- Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development
- Economic and Revenue Forecast Council
- Office of Financial Management
- Office of Administrative Hearings
- Department of Personnel
- State Lottery
- Washington State Gambling Commission
- Commission on Hispanic Affairs
- Commission on African-American Affairs
- Department of Retirement Systems
- State Investment Board
- Public Printer
- Department of Revenue
- Board of Tax Appeals
- Municipal Research Council
- Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises
- Department of General Administration
- Department of Information Services
- Office of Insurance Commissioner
- Board of Accountancy
- Forensic Investigations Council
- Horse Racing Commission
- Liquor Control Board
- Utilities and Transportation Commission
- Board for Volunteer Firefighters and Reserve Officers
- Military Department
- Public Employment Relations Commission
- Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Plan 2 Retirement Board
- Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
- Growth Management Hearings Office
- State Convention and Trade Center
Human services - DSHS
- Department of Social and Health Services (Agency Summary)
- Children's Administration
- Juvenile Rehabilitation
- Mental Health
- Developmental Disabilities
- Long Term Care
- Economic Services Administration
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse
- Medical Assistance Payments
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Administration and Supporting Services
- Special Commitment Program
- Payments to Other Agencies
- Information Systems Services
Human services - other
- Washington State Health Care Authority
- Human Rights Commission
- Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals
- Criminal Justice Training Commission
- Department of Labor and Industries
- Indeterminate Sentence Review Board
- Home Care Quality Authority
- Department of Health
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Department of Corrections
- Department of Services for the Blind
- Sentencing Guidelines Commission
- Employment Security Department
Natural resources and recreation
- Columbia River Gorge Commission
- Department of Ecology
- Pollution Liability Insurance Program
- State Parks and Recreation Commission
- Recreation and Conservation Funding Board
- Environmental Hearings Office
- State Conservation Commission
- Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Puget Sound Partnership
- Department of Natural Resources
- Department of Agriculture
Transportation
- Board of Pilotage Commissioners
- Washington State Patrol
- Traffic Safety Commission
- Department of Licensing
- Department of Transportation (Agency Summary)
- Toll Operations and Maintenance
- Information Technology
- Facility Maintenance, Operations, and Construction - Operating
- Facility Maintenance, Operations, and Construction - Capital
- Transportation Equipment Fund
- Aviation
- Program Delivery Management and Support
- Improvements - Mobility
- Improvements - Safety
- Improvements - Economic Initiatives
- Improvements - Environmental Retrofit
- Improvements Program Support
- SR 16 Tacoma Narrows Bridge Project
- Transportation Economic Partnerships Program - Operating
- Highway Maintenance and Operations
- Preservation - Roadway
- Preservation - Structures
- Preservation - Other Facilities
- Preservation Program Support Undistributed Costs
- Undistributed Costs
- Traffic Operations - Operating
- Traffic Operations - Capital
- Transportation Management and Support
- Transportation Planning, Data, and Research
- Charges From Other Agencies
- Public Transportation
- Washington State Ferries - Capital
- Washington State Ferries
- Rail - Operating
- Rail - Capital
- Local Programs - Operating
- Local Programs - Capital
- County Road Administration Board
- Transportation Improvement Board
- Marine Employees' Commission
- Transportation Commission
- Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board
Kindergarten through grade 12 education
- Superintendent of Public Instruction (Agency Summary)
- Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
- General Apportionment
- Pupil Transportation
- School Food Services
- Special Education
- Educational Service Districts
- Levy Equalization
- Elementary and Secondary School Improvement
- Institutional Education
- Education of Highly Capable Students
- Student Achievement Program
- Education Reform
- Transitional Bilingual Instruction
- Learning Assistance Program
- Promoting Academic Success
- Compensation Adjustments
Higher education
- Higher Education Coordinating Board
- University of Washington
- Washington State University
- Eastern Washington University
- Central Washington University
- The Evergreen State College
- Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute
- Western Washington University
- Community and Technical College System
Other education
- State School for the Blind
- State School for the Deaf
- Work Force Training and Education Coordinating Board
- Department of Early Learning
- Washington State Arts Commission
- Washington State Historical Society
- Eastern Washington State Historical Society
