Office ofState Budget Director

Office Description

The Governor's Office for Policy Research (GOPR) performs research and analysis on public policy issues important to the Commonwealth.

Contact Information

Phone: (502) 564-7300

Functions of GOPR

• Contribute to Consensus Forecasting Process
• Oversee sale of NOx credits
• Conduct fiscal impact analysis of legislative proposals
• Certify all TIF and Tourism Development and proposals
• Estimate General Fund proceeds from MSA
• Coordinate and staff tobacco working group to track ongoing MSA issue and ensure compliance
• Provide calculations for county distributions per HB611
• Project Medicaid expenditures with PWS and in-house cash expenditure model
• Provide inmate population projection for the Department of Corrections
• Provide research papers in conjunction with Long Term Policy Research Commission (LTPRC)
• Provide testimony at legislatives committees
• Maintain and operate Dynamic Regional Economic Forecasting Model (REMI) for evaluation of tourism, economic development and legislative proposals

Staff