Fiscal Year 2017 Resource Summary ($000)
DEPARTMENT FY 2017
Budgetary
Recommendations
FY 2017
Federal, Trust,
and ISF
FY 2017
Total
Spending
FY 2017
Budgetary
Non-Tax Revenue
Office of the Secretary for Administration and Finance 202,309 261,297 463,606 13,509

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account description amount
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE 463,606,309
Budgetary Direct Appropriations 202,308,953
Direct Appropriations
1100-1100 Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance
For the operation of the office of the secretary of administration and finance; provided, that $175,000 shall be expended for an office of faith-based and community initiatives, reporting jointly to the executive office for administration and finance and the office of the Governor, to engage community and faith-based organizations and other local not-for-profit organizations, to assist them in identifying state resources that can advance their service offerings, and to encourage them as they promote volunteerism, civic engagement, and grass-roots community development
3,436,202
1100-1201 Commonwealth Performance Accountability and Transparency
For the operation of the office of commonwealth performance, accountability and transparency; provided, that the activities funded from this item may include, but not be limited to: the implementation and maintenance of a performance management program across executive departments, monitoring and reviewing of federal grant applications to maximize federal revenue opportunities and ensure compliance with federal reporting requirements including the implementation and oversight of the Federal Financial Accountability and Transparency Act, maintaining transparency of the commonwealth's administration and finance activities in compliance with section 14C of chapter 7 of the General Laws and other statewide transparency initiatives, enhancing program integrity and ongoing efforts to prevent fraud, waste and abuse throughout executive departments; provided further, that funds may be expended for performing enhanced economic forecasting and analysis; and provided further, that the unit may develop guidelines and methodologies for agencies to follow in the forecasting of caseloads and revenue
388,828
1100-1700 Administration and Finance IT Costs
For the provision of information technology services within the executive office for administration and finance
31,545,570
1106-0064 Caseload and Economic Forecasting Office
For the caseload and economic forecasting office within the commonwealth performance, accountability and transparency office; provided, that the caseload and economic forecasting office shall provide analysis of long-term revenue and budget projections for the long-term fiscal policy framework, analysis of potential gross state product for the health care cost containment legislation and fiscal impact analysis of major policy proposals and support the development of caseload forecasts for: (1) MassHealth enrollment by group; (2) participation in state subsidized child care provided through items 3000-3050, 3000-4050 and 3000-4060; (3) participation in emergency assistance and housing programs provided through items 7004-0101 and 7004-0108; (4) enrollment, both active member and dependent, in the group insurance commission; (5) recipients of direct benefits provided by the department of transitional assistance through items 4403-2000, 4405-2000 and 4408-1000; and (6) participation in programs provided by the department of children and families through items 4800-0038 and 4800-0041; provided further, that the office shall report its caseload forecasts to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than November 30, 2016; and provided further, that the office shall submit an updated forecast to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committee on ways and means not later than March 13, 2017
130,320
1599-0026 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve
For a reserve to support municipal improvements; provided, that not more than $2,650,000 shall be expended for an incentive program for communities and municipalities engaging in the use of best practices determined by the Community Compact Cabinet created by Executive Order 554 issued January 23, 2015; provided further, that funds may be expended by the Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management at the University of Massachusetts at Boston's McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies for a program of performance management, accountability and transparency for local governments; provided further, that not more than $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the executive office of public safety and security for a competitive grant program for public safety and emergency staffing to be administered by that executive office; provided further, that the grants shall be awarded to communities that: (A) have populations of at least 60,000; and (B) demonstrate that their police departments had an operating budget per capita of less than $200 in 2015; and provided further, that not more than $2,000,000 shall be expended to fund the District Local Technical Assistance Fund, established in section 2XXX of chapter 29 of the General Laws, including projects that encourage regionalization, to be administered by the division of local services and distributed through the District Local Technical Assistance Fund
5,650,000
1599-0063 Early Retirement Incentive Program NonPayroll Costs
For a reserve to fund the costs of sick leave and vacation leave buyout of employees participating in the employee retirement incentive program, and additional health and other benefit costs of employees who fill positions vacated pursuant to the employee retirement incentive program; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer from this item to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2017 amounts necessary to meet these costs, in accordance with a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means
13,454,074
1599-1970 Massachusetts Department of Transportation Contract Assistance
For a reserve for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for the purpose of defraying costs of the Massachusetts turnpike authority, or its successor, incurred in fiscal year 2017 under section 138 of chapter 27 of the acts of 2009
                Commonwealth Transportation Fund ............... 100%
125,000,000
1599-1977 Commonwealth Infrastructure Investment Assistance Reserve
For contract assistance to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency for payment of debt service and other obligations of the agency in connection with Massachusetts development finance agency special obligation bonds series issued pursuant to chapter 293 of the acts of 2006 and chapter 303 of the acts of 2008
11,600,000
1599-2016 CPCS Study Reserve
For a reserve to fund a study of Committee for Public Counsel Services funding
250,000
1599-3234 South Essex Sewerage District Debt Service Assessment
For the commonwealth's South Essex sewerage district debt service assessment
33,914
1599-4417 E.J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management
For the Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management at the University of Massachusetts, including their work supporting performance management initiatives in state and municipal government
250,000
1599-4445 Quarter Point Collective Bargaining Reserve
For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2017 costs of quarter point benefits authorized by collective bargaining agreements with the executive branch and ratified by the general court
10,570,045

account description amount
Intragovernmental Service Spending 28,019,283
1100-1701 Chargeback for Administration and Finance IT Costs
For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office for administration and finance
                Intragovernmental Service Fund ............... 100%
28,019,283
account description amount
Trust and Other Spending 233,278,073
1100-1122 Economic Development through Infrastructure Improvements Trust 50,000
1599-5819 Commonwealth Care Trust Fund 233,228,073