equity

Audit of Employment IT systems

Oregon audit finds employment department’s woes went far beyond obsolete computers (Oregonian, 7/27/22)

Audit outlines Oregon Employment Department’s pandemic unemployment failures (OPB, 7/27/22)

Thumbnail of cover Oregon Employment Department, the pandemic's effects on Oregonians exposed risks and highlighted the need to modernize Oregon's Unemployment Insurance SystemOregon Employment Department, the pandemic’s effects on Oregonians exposed risks and highlighted the need to modernize Oregon’s Unemployment Insurance System (2022) Oregon Audits Division

Thumbnail of page from the document July 2022 Oregon Secretary of State’s Audits Division ReportJuly 2022 Oregon Secretary of State’s Audits Division Report (2022) Oregon Employment Department

Thumbnail of page from the document Oregon Employment Department: computer programs for unemployment tax returns and claims need attention.Oregon Employment Department: computer programs for unemployment tax returns and claims need attention (2015) Oregon Audits Division

Thumbnail of page from the document Computer controls for the Oregon Benefit Information System need attentionComputer controls for the Oregon Benefit Information System need attention (2012) Oregon Audits Division

Mortgage interest deduction audit

Audit of Oregon’s mortgage interest deduction chastises tax policy as ‘inequitable and regressive,’ benefitting wealthy homeowners (Oregonian, 3/16/2022)

Thumbnail of cover of the document Department of RevenueDepartment of Revenue : without legislative action the mortgage interest deduction will remain regressive and inequitable (2022) Secretary of State, Audits Division

Economic Disparities

Oregon’s economy booms but racial and geographic disparities increase (Oregonian, 4/24/2018)

The Economic Gap Between Portland’s Outer Eastside and Westsiders is Wide and Growing (Willamette Week, 4/24/2018)

Economic Disparities: Geographic, Racial and Ethnic (2018) Oregon Office of Economic Analysis