Office Description
The Governor's Office for Policy Research (GOPR) performs research and analysis on public policy issues important to the Commonwealth.
Contact Information
702 Capitol Avenue
Room 284, Capitol Annex
Frankfort, KY 40601
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
| Michael Jones |
| Deputy Executive Director for Policy and Research |
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| Tax Policy |
Michael Jones
Sarah Aitken
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| TIF and Tourism Development |
| Economic Development |
| Tourism |
| Prison Inmate Population Forecasting |
| Regional Economic Forecasting Model (REMI) |
| County Distribution per HB611 |
| Master Settlement Agreement |
| Energy Policy |
| NOx Credits |
| SEEK Forecasting |
| Manages the Tax Expenditure Report |
Medicaid Expenditures Forecasting
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