During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $214,100 from all sources for Public Information. This is a 1.1 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $200 in new approprations from the General/Education Funds.
The Public Information budget supports advertising and outreach for the UEN program, its services, and the programming offered on its networks. It is mainly supported by a federal grant (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) with some state funding.
The following table displays budget data for the Public Information program.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.