Issue Briefs

NASBO Information Briefs provide broad overviews on selected topics. Generally, these papers are shorter than published reports and are available for download below.

National Health Care Reform and the Implications for States - August 2010
Outcome of Ballot Measures - November 2009
Saving Funds Through Shared Services: The Minnesota and Wisconsin Plan - January 2009
Addressing Budget Shortfalls: Actions and Proposals Affecting the State Workforce - December 2008
Transparency in Government - November 2008
Outcome of Ballot Measures in the 2008 General Election - November 2008
Ballot Measures in the Upcoming General Election: Significant Fiscal Measures on Ballots - October 2008
Medicaid Regulations - January 2008
Outcome of Ballot Measures - November 2007
Redesigning Medicaid Using the Deficit Reduction Act - September 2007
SCHIP Reauthorization - January 2007
Outcome of Ballot Measures - November 2006
Health Information Technology - November 2006
Government Withholding Provision - June 2006
The Real ID Act - March 2006
School Efficiency Studies - March 2006
Current Fiscal Issues: Revenue Implications for States - September 2005
Federal Budget Update: Fiscal 2006 Executive Proposal Targets Discretionary Spending; States May Carry Heavy Impacts - February 2005
Budgeting Amid Fiscal Uncertainty - February 2004
Update: Reconciliation Act of 2003 - May 2003
Budget Shortfalls: Strategies for Closing Spending and Revenue Gaps - December 2002
Highlights new budget balancing strategies and examples of measures states are taking to close spending and revenue gaps
Medicaid to Stress State Budgets Severely - March 2002
State Funding for Homeland Security - March 2002
State Fiscal Recovery - March 2002
Health & Welfare Update - February 2002
HIPAA and State Budgets - September 2001
The New Economy and the States - January 2001
State Environmental Expenditures and Innovations - May 2000
Managing State Costs in Services for the Elderly, Disabled and Special Populations - October 1998