Deputy Commissioner Mike Barnhill will dial in from Juneau to discuss the funding status of the State’s retirement systems, what guidelines the State uses to determine funding sufficiency, and what the administration recommends to ensure pension obligations are within best practice parameters. Download his PowerPoint here.

Fiscal Policy Study Group with Senator Natasha von Imhof Representative Jennifer Johnston Alaska Housing Finance Corporation 4300 Boniface Pkwy Last Friday ISER Director Ralph Townsend gave a thought-provoking presentation on the policy options and implications for use of Permanent Fund earnings. Of particular interest is the impact that inflation-proofing the fund may have on Fund […]

Fiscal Policy Study Group Inflation-proofing, the POMV draw, and the Earnings Reserve: Understanding the Interconnections with Professor Ralph Townsend, Director of ISER BP Energy Center 8am-9am Building opens at 7:45am The PowerPoint presentation can be downloaded here. In 2018, the Legislature passed SB 26 which established a “percent of market value” (POMV) which defines and […]

Fiscal Policy Study Group Kelly Tshibaka, Commissioner of Administration Friday, December 6th 11:30am-1pm Alaska USA Federal Credit Union 500 W 36th Avenue room 201 (Google Map) Draft report for discussion We will have two topics of discussion this Friday. From 11:30am to noon, we will discuss a draft CWN summary regarding the State’s current moratorium […]

Fiscal Policy Study Group Alaska’s Fiscal Choices and Opportunities   Friday, November 8th 8am-9am (doors open at 7:45am) First National Bank Alaska Operations Center 1751 Gambell St 2nd floor (Google Map) On Friday morning, Senator Natasha von Imhof and Representative Jennifer Johnston will discuss the State’s fiscal options in the next legislative session from their […]