Other instructions
To save the Excel or Word files, right-click on the document link and choose Save Target As from the menu that opens. Navigate to the desired folder and click the Save button.
Activity guide (August 2021) and Activity Description Application tutorial
Agency request legislation procedures, required elements, equity considerations and HEAL Act addendum for the 2025 legislative session (June 2024). Note: Equity questions are now part of BEARS required elements questions so uploading a separate attachment is no longer required.
Allotment Instructions
Budget format change instructions (April 1, 2024) and Program Structure Change Examples and FAQs
Collective Bargaining/Compensation
- Update of Agency Compensation Data for 2025-27 Calculations for Collective Bargaining and Budget Development (April 1, 2024)
- Compensation impact model agency interface (Higher Education User Instructions)
Fiscal Impact Statements
- Personnel fiscal impact statement criteria
- Standard work instructions
- Fiscal impact statement (FIS) form for classification/compensation proposals (Word)
- Glossary of FIS terms
Fiscal Notes
- Agency fiscal note and 10-year cost analysis (I-960) instructions - November 2024
- Legislative fiscal note instructions - November 2024
- Fiscal note system frequently asked questions - November 2021
- Fiscal note copy/paste template (Excel template)
- Agency security officers job aid
- Fiscal note training
- How to write a fiscal note
Performance Measures
Ten-Year Analysis (Initiative 960)
- For general 10-year analysis (I-960) instructions, see fiscal note and 10-year cost analysis instructions for agencies above.
- Tools and resources
- OFM Implementation Criteria for Initiative 960
- Ten-Year Analysis Tips
- Ten-year analysis training powerpoint (Highlights of material covered in OFM training sessions)
Voluntary Separation and Retirement Incentive Program
- Guidelines for 2021-23 Voluntary Separation and Retirement Incentive Program memo by OFM Director David Schumacher (July 14, 2021)
- Guidelines for Voluntary Separation and Retirement Incentive Program for Washington State Employees
