ATLANTA — Stage agencies will get to ask for more money next year for the first time since fiscal 2020.
Rick Dunn, director of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget (OPB), informed state agency heads in a memo this week that they will be allowed to request spending “enhancements” of up to 3% in their fiscal 2024 mid-year and fiscal 2025 budget proposals.
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