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DBM presents 2027 operating allowance; DLS flags large deficiency appropriations and closeout errors
Summary
At an Appropriations Committee hearing, DLS analyst Jacob Cash outlined a $49 million FY27 DBM allowance and identified $758 million in fiscal-25 deficiency appropriations and $3.4 billion in unsubstantiated federal revenue accruals; Secretary Jake Weitzman pledged targeted DPA funds and stronger AFCU oversight to address repeat audit findings.
Jacob Cash, policy analyst for the Department of Legislative Services, told the Appropriations Committee that the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) proposed 2027 operating allowance is $49,000,000, about $5,000,000 (roughly 11%) higher than FY26, driven largely by central collections activity and related personnel costs.
“The main source of the increase is related to central collections,” Cash said, noting higher placements from agencies, higher banking and postage fees, and five additional positions in the central collections unit (CCU). Cash added that CCU items together account for about $3,500,000 of the increase and that the unit “returned to profitability this past year.”
Cash also summarized a set of DLS concerns arising from fiscal-25 closeout work, telling the committee that DLS identified “serious issues” across seven major state agencies that required $758,000,000 in deficiency appropriations to resolve prior-year shortfalls. He said…
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