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Budget Letters
Budget policies and instructions are issued periodically, as needed, by the Department of Finance (DOF) as Budget Letters (BL), to supplement and revise the Budgeting Chapter (6000) of the State Administrative Manual (SAM). The Department of Finance offers an e-mail subscription service for Budget Letters and other Budget-related actions and notices. To subscribe, please enroll via the Budget Operations Mailing List subscription webpage.
For Department of Finance Budget-related forms, please see the "Finance Budget Forms" webpage.
BL08-08 Year-End Financial Reporting Requirements — issued April 28, 2008
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BL08-07 2009-10 Budget Preparation Guidelines — issued April 10, 2008
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BL08-06 Transition of IT Project Review, Approval and Oversight Responsibilities from the Department of Finance to the Office of the State Chief Information Officer, and Information Technology Budgeting Guidelines — issued March 14, 2008
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BL08-05 Moratorium On Developing Administrative Information Technology Systems — issued March 4, 2008
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BL08-04 2008-09 Out-of-State Travel Requests — issued February 15, 2008
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BL08-03 Projects Subject to the State Contract Act — issued February 1, 2008
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BL08-02 2008-09 Budget Change Letters (Finance Letters) — issued January 31, 2008
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BL08-01 Capital Outlay Five-Year Infrastructure Plan and Budget Submission for 2009-10 — issued January 30, 2008
Attachment(s) to BL08-01:
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BL07-32 Submission of Budget Materials to the Legislature and the Legislative Analyst's Office — issued December 14, 2007
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BL 07-31 Department of Technology Rate Adjustments — issued November 20, 2007
Attachment(s) to BL07-31:
Appendix B:
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BL07-30 Budget Act of 2007, Section 28.00 and Budget Letter 07-25— issued October 18, 2007
Attachment(s) to BL07-30:
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BL07-29 2008-09 General Administrative Costs (Pro Rata) and 2008-09 Statewide Cost Allocation Plan (SWCAP) — issued October 1, 2007
Attachment(s) to BL07-29:
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BL07-28 Payment Of Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board Claims, Department of Justice Settlements and Judgments — issued September 19, 2007
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BL07-27 Past, Current, and Budget Year Schedule 10s (Supplemental Schedules of Appropriations) — issued September 14, 2007
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BL07-26 Employee Compensation Adjustments — issued September 10, 2007
Attachment(s) to BL07-26:
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BL07-25 General Statewide Sections — issued September 4, 2007
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BL07-24 Expenditure Authorization Controls — issued September 4, 2007
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BL07-23 Supplemental Language Report Requests — issued August 31, 2007
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BL07-22 Budget Revision Instructions For Multi-Funded Departments (BR-1) — issued August 31, 2007
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BL07-21 2008-09 Budget Policy — issued August 28, 2007
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BL07-20 Control Section 3.60 — issued August 28, 2007
Attachment(s) to BL07-20:
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BL07-19 Initial Schedule 10Rs (Supplementary Schedules of Revenues and Transfers — issued August 21, 2007
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BL07-18 Escalation of Construction Costs for State Funded Capital Outlay Projects — issued August 17, 2007
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BL07-17 2008-09 Price Letter — issued August 16, 2007
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BL07-16 June 30, 2007 Vacant Position Reestablishments — issued August 1, 2007
Attachment(s) to BL07-16:
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BL07-15 Preparation of 2008-09 Governor's Budget — issued August 1, 2007
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BL07-14 2008-09 Salaries and Wages Spreadsheet (Authorized Positions & Cost Estimates) — issued July 30, 2007
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BL07-13 Late Payment Penalty Interest Rates — issued July 27, 2007
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BL07-12 Initial Past-Year Schedule 10s — issued July 16, 2007
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BL07-11 Office Revolving Fund Disbursements— issued July 2, 2007
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BL07-10 Approved Depositories — issued May 18, 2007
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BL07-09 Year-End Financial Reporting Requirements — issued May 1, 2007
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BL07-05 Use Of Emergency Provision In Item 9840 Must Be Fully Justified — issued January 31, 2007
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BL07-03 Policy Changes to Operational Recovery Planning and Modifications to the Agency Designation Letter and Operational Recovery Plan Certification — issued January 23, 2007
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BL07-02 Control Section 4.04 For 2007-08—Price Increase Adjustments — issued January 19, 2007
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BL06-36 California Automated Travel Expense Reimbursement System — issued December 22, 2006
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BL06-34 Information Technology Security Policy- Information Security Notification and Reporting — issued December 7, 2006
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BL06-30 Methodology Change for General Administrative Costs (Pro Rata) — issued September 22, 2006
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BL06-29 Approved Depositories — issued September 22, 2006
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BL06-27 GS $Mart and Other Municipal Lease Financing — issued September 8, 2006
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BL06-26 Adjustments to Statewide Surcharge — issued September 7, 2006
Attachment(s) to BL06-26:
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BL06-17 Control Section 11.00 — Information Technology Contracts Control Section 11.10—Statewide Software License Agreements — issued August 1, 2006
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BL06-16 Preparation of 2007-08 Governor's Budget — issued July 28, 2006
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BL06-07 Accounts Receivable Collection Procedures — issued April 25, 2006
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BL06-06 Full Compliance With Requirements To Utilize Authority To Revise Budgets — issued April 19, 2006
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BL05-32 Information Technology Security Policy - Encryption on Portable Computing Devices — issued November 14, 2005
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BL05-30 Deficiency Process Could Result In Personal Liability For Secretaries And Directors (Revised) — issued November 2, 2005
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BL05-27 Attorney General's Legal Services Rate Increases for Client Departments — issued September 23, 2005
Attachment(s) to BL05-27:
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BL05-17 2006-07 eBudget Process Overview — issued July 27, 2005
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BL05-08 Information Technology Security Policy - Classification of Information — issued June 3, 2005
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BL05-07 Capital Outlay Five-Year Infrastructure Plan and Budget Submission for 2006-07 — issued May 23, 2005
Attachment(s) to BL05-07:
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BL05-03 Peer-to-Peer File Sharing — issued March 7, 2005
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BL04-38 Annual meetings for state advisory boards and commissions — issued December 13, 2004
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BL04-37 Control Section 5.30: Attorney Rate Increases for Departments with Special or Non-governmental Cost Funds — issued November 22, 2004
Attachment(s) to BL04-37:
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BL04-35 Safeguarding Access to State Data — issued November 16, 2004
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BL04-23 New Deficiency Funding Process — issued August 13, 2004
Attachment(s) to BL04-23:
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BL04-18 Major Changes In The Deficiency Process Could Result In Personal Liability For Secretaries And Directors — issued August 2, 2004
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BL 04-14 Surcharge For Statewide Costs — issued July 7, 2004
Attachment(s) to BL04-14:
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BL04-11 2005-06 Governor's Budget — issued June 21, 2004
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BL04-06 2004-05 3-Percent Reduction/Elimination Proposals — issued March 30, 2004
Attachment(s) to BL04-06:
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BL04-04 Modifications To The Implementation Of The Statewide Information Technology Project Oversight Framework — issued February 27, 2004
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BL04-03 Control Section 4.10, Budget Act of 2003, Effect of Program Reductions — issued February 24, 2004
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BL 04-01 Guidelines for Information Technology Contract Exemptions and Exemption Requests for the Contract, Equipment Acquisition, and Travel Ban — issued January 16, 2004
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BL 03-43 Contract, Equipment Acquisition, And Travel Ban — issued December 5, 2003
Attachment(s) to BL03-43:
Executive Order S-4-03 — Contract Ban Questions and Answers:
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BL 03-42 Hiring Freeze — issued November 26, 2003
Attachment(s) to BL03-42:
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BL 03-41 Control Section 3.60 and Control Section 4.10, Budget Act of 2003 — issued November 26, 2003
Attachment(s) to BL03-41:
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BL 03-37 Feasibility E-Mail Consolidation Savings — issued September 26, 2003
Attachment(s) to BL03-37:
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BL 03-33 2004-05 20-Percent Reduction/Elimination Proposals — issued September 5, 2003
Attachment(s) to BL03-33:
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BL 03-32 Initial 2004-05 Budget Galley And Preparation Guidelines — issued August 26, 2003
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DOF Letter: Control Section 4.10 Reduction Plans — issued August 22, 2003
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BL03-25 2003-04 Automated Fund Condition Statement Budget Process — issued August 7, 2003
Attachment(s) to BL03-25:
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BL03-23 2003-04 Personal Services Reduction Plans — issued August 1, 2003
Attachment(s) to BL03-23:
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BL03-21 Personal Services Reduction Plans (Revised) — issued July 25, 2003
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BL03-16 Updating Capital Outlay Fiscal Impact Worksheets for Legislative Changes — issued July 1, 2003
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BL03-14 Escalation of Construction Costs — issued June 20, 2003
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BL03-13 Assessment Of Information Technology Security Measures, Policies, And Practices — issued June 9, 2003
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BL03-12 Cooperative Work Agreements — issued June 2, 2003
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BL03-11 Safeguards for Firewalls and Servers — issued May 13, 2003
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DOF DPA letter — Implementing Personal Services Reduction — issued April 24, 2003
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DOF DPA letter — Personal Services Reduction and Layoff Plan — issued April 2, 2003
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BL03-03 Notification of Information Technology Incidents and Computer Crimes — issued February 4, 2003
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BL02-40 Additional 2002-03 Budget Reductions — issued November 21, 2002
Attachment(s) to BL02-40:
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BL02-39 Control Section 31.60, Control Section 31.70 and Government Code Section 12439 — issued November 15, 2002
Attachment(s) to BL02-39:
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BL02-33 Early Retirement Program — issued October 10, 2002
Attachment(s) to BL02-33:
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MM02-20 Statewide Information Technology Policy, Instructions, and Guidelines — issued September 12, 2002
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BL02-29 Information Security Controls Revised — issued September 12, 2002
Attachment(s) to BL02-29, Revised:
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BL02-29 Information Security Controls — issued September 11, 2002
Attachment(s) to BL02-29:
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BL02-13 2002-03 Statewide Position and Dollar Reduction Plan — issued July 1, 2002
Attachment(s) to BL02-13:
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MM02-12 Restrictions Regarding use of CMAS, Master Services Agreements, and Non-Competitively Bid Contracts During Interim Review Period — issued May 28, 2002
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BL02-04 Oracle Enterprise License Agreement Cost Recovery — issued February 27, 2002
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MM01-24 Hiring Freeze Guidelines — expires June 30, 2003
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BL01-47 Budget Letter Distribution — issued December 13, 2001
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BL01-45 Proposed Reduction in 2001-02 Spending — issued November 19, 2001
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BL01-39 Statewide Survey of Oracle Database Usage — issued November 5, 2001
BL01-39 Survey:
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Executive Orders
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BL01-35 CALFED Budget Change Proposals — issued September 7, 2001
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BL01-15 Employer Contribution Rate Increases for Health Benefits (for CSEA Employees) — issued July 2, 2001
Attachment(s) to BL01-15:
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BL01-12 Employer Contribution Rate Increase for Health Benefits — issued June 11, 2001
Attachment(s) to BL01-12:
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BL01-10 Year-end Encumbrance Reporting — issued April 16, 2001
Attachment(s) to BL01-10:
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BL01-07 Cesar Chavez Holiday — issued March 21, 2001
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BL01-06 Employee Benefits in Specified Personal Services Contracts (e.g., janitorial services) — issued February 26, 2001
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BL01-04 Costs For Administration Of Collective Bargaining, Litigation, and Arbitration — issued February 13, 2001
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BL00-20 Reports to the Governor and Legislature — issued August 21, 2000
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BL98-37 Automated Accounting Systems
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BL98-22 Payment of Attorney's Fees Under Control Section 5.25
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BL98-07 1998 Strategic Planning Requirements
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BL98-02 1998-99 Federal Data Collection Standards
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