COBI 2015 - Public History, Communication and Information

Overview
Issues
Financials

Sources Uses

FY 2016 Appropriation

The Public History, Communication and Information Program has these statutory responsibilities:

Production of th Utah Historical Quarterly, which has been published since 1928.
Cemeteries and Burials database, which receives more than 100,000 yearly visits from family historians and researchers.
The Markers and Monuments database, established to support heritage tourism.

The program also fulfills the state's digital government initiatives by providing information and tools on three content-rich websites and by providing needed online tools and database development. In partnership with State Library it publishes Division publications online. It works with a varity of partners to facilitate public history projects.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $575,500 from all sources for Public History, Communication and Information. This is a 10 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $575,500 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 10 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Funding for Public History, Communication and Information comes mainly from the General Fund. Most of the appropriation is used for staff support as shown by the table below.

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Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
General Fund	454,400	499,400	431,000	387,900	405,300	116,600	521,900	51,100	573,000
General Fund, One-time	0	0	0	500	1,500	0	1,500	1,000	2,500
Total	$454,400	$499,400	$431,000	$388,400	$406,800	$116,600	$523,400	$52,100	$575,500

Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	406,500	449,500	377,700	322,100	369,300	82,300	451,600	49,500	501,100
In-state Travel	1,200	400	300	900	0	0	0	0	0
Out-of-state Travel	0	600	2,500	1,100	0	0	0	0	0
Current Expense	44,800	47,500	47,600	62,900	36,800	34,700	71,500	2,600	74,100
DP Current Expense	1,900	1,400	2,900	1,400	700	(400)	300	0	300
Total	$454,400	$499,400	$431,000	$388,400	$406,800	$116,600	$523,400	$52,100	$575,500

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Other Indicators	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Budgeted FTE	4.50	5.25	5	5	5	0	5	0	5
Actual FTE	4.50	4.90	4.30	3.80	0	0	0	0	0

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.