Governor's Office for Policy Research
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Contact Information |
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702 Capitol Avenue
Room 273, Capitol Annex
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-7300 or (502) 564-3093
Fax: (502) 564-4694
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Office Description |
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The Governor's Office for Policy Research (GOPR) performs research and analysis on public policy issues important to the Commonwealth.
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
- Provide forecasts for KEES, KTG and KAP
- Provide property assessment and ADA forecasts for SEEK budgeting
- 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
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Staff |
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| Greg Harkenrider |
Corporate, coal severance, and income tax forecasts
TIF and Tourism Development
Economic development
Prison inmate population forecasting
Medicaid expenditures forecasting
Master Settlement Agreement
KEES, KTG and KAP
SEEK budgeting |
| Michael Jones |
NOx credits
Regional Economic Forecasting Model (REMI)
Medicaid expenditures forecasting
County distributions per HB611
Master Settlement Agreement
Energy Policy |
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Tax policy
Enterprise zones
Economic development
Tourism
KEES, KTG and KAP
SEEK budgeting
Geographic Information Systems |
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