About across-the-board reductions
In September, the Office of Financial Management (OFM) issued instructions to agency directors, statewide elected officials, presidents of higher education institutions, and directors of boards and commissions for making the cuts mandated by Executive Order 10-04.
This webpage answers frequently asked questions about the mandated cuts. It will be updated with state agency plans for these reductions when received.
Why are across-the-board reductions mandated?
RCW 43.88.110(7) requires across-the-board reductions in allotments if the Governor projects a cash deficit in a particular fund. The Governor issued Executive Order 10-04 in response to a $770 million decrease in September’s quarterly revenue projection for the State General Fund for the 2009–11 biennium. Read the news release to learn more.
What agencies are affected?
By law, the across-the-board reductions in allotments apply to all branches of state government and to all agencies headed by elected officials that received appropriations from the affected fund. Agencies were instructed in August to develop a plan in anticipation of these cuts. Plans are due to OFM by Oct. 15, 2010. Agency plans will be posted at the bottom of this webpage as we receive them.
What are across-the-board reductions?
An allotment is a spending plan for appropriations made by the Legislature. State agencies allot a specific amount of money appropriated from a number of sources, including the State General Fund, to fund programs and services they provide to citizens. The downturn in September’s quarterly revenue projection for the State General Fund means that there is not expected to be sufficient revenue to support the existing budget.
In order to avoid a cash deficit, state law requires the Governor to take across-the-board reductions in agency allotments to bring their spending authority back into balance with expected revenues. Learn more about the budget process timeline.
When will these reductions take place?
The allotment of each appropriation from the State General Fund will be reduced effective Oct. 1, 2010, by an amount necessary to avoid a cash deficit in the State General Fund.
What agencies have submitted budget reduction plans?
Use the agency links below to view an agency budget reduction plan. This list will be updated as we receive plans.
- African American Affairs, Commission on
- Agriculture, Department of
- Archaeology and Historic Preservation (Revised 10/20/2010)
- Arts Commission (Revised 10/21/2010)
- Asian Pacific American Affairs (Revised 10/20/2010)
- Attorney General, Office of the
- Auditor, Office of the State
- Caseload Forecast Council
- Center for Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss
- Central Washington University (Revised 10/22/2010)
- Columbia River Gorge Commission
- Commerce, Department of
- Community and Technical Colleges, State Board for
- Corrections, Department of
- Criminal Justice Training
- Early Learning, Department of
- Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Revised 10/21/2010)
- Eastern Washington University (Revised 10/22/2010)
- Ecology, Department of
- Economic and Revenue Forecast Council
- Employment Security Department (Revised 10/20/2010)
- Environmental Hearings Office (Revised 10/20/2010)
- Financial Management, Office of (Revised 10/21/2010)
- Fish and Wildlife, Department of (Revised 10/21/2010)
- General Administration
- Governor, Office of the (Revised 10/21/2010)
- Growth Management Hearings Board (Revised 10/20/2010)
- Health, Department of
- Health Care Authority (Revised 10/20/2010)
- Higher Education Coordinating Board
- Hispanic Affairs (Revised 10/20/2010)
- Historical Society, Washington State (Revised 10/21/2010)
- Human Rights Commission (Revised 10/21/2010)
- Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (Revised 10/22/2010)
- Indian Affairs, Governor's Office on (Revised 10/20/2010)
- Information Services, Department of
- Judicial Conduct
- Labor and Industries
- Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program (LEAP) (Revised 10/22/2010)
- Licensing, Department of
- Lieutenant Governor, Office of (Revised 10/20/2010)
- Military Department (Revised 10/21/2010)
- Natural Resources, Department of
- Recreation and Conservation Office
- Public Disclosure Commission (Revised 10/22/2010)
- Public Employment Relations Commission (Revised 10/20/2010)
- Puget Sound Partnership (Revised 10/21/2010)
- Redistricitng Commission
- Revenue, Department of
- Salaries for Elected Officials (Revised 10/20/2010)
- School for the Blind (Revised 11/9/2010)
- Secretary of State
- Sentencing Guidelines Commission (Revised 10/20/2010)
- Services for the Blind
- Social & Health Services, Department of
- Children’s Administration
- Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration
- Mental Health
- Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)
- Long Term Care
- Economic Services Administration
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse
- Medicaid Purchasing Administration
- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
- Administration and Supporting Services
- Special Commitment Center
- Payment to Other Agencies (PTOA)
- Special Appropriations to the Governor
- Spokane Intercollegiate Research & Technology Institute
- State Actuary (Revised 10/20/2010)
- State Conservation Commission (Revised 10/20/2010)
- State Parks and Recreation Commission (Revised 10/20/2010)
- State Patrol
- Statute Law Committee
- Superintendent of Public Instruction, Office of the
- Tax Appeals, Board of (Revised 10/20/2010)
- The Evergreen State College
- University of Washington
- Veterans Affairs, Department of
- Washington State University
- Western Washington University
- Work Force Training (Revised 10/25/2010)
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