KRS 7B.010: Legislative findings.

The General Assembly finds and declares that:

(1) The growing complexity and interdependence of the modern world, demonstrated

by such issues as global environmental change, changing workforce development

needs, the aging population, international trade, the number of working poor, the

need for improved access to health care, and the emergence of fundamental changes

in the role of government, require that government decision -makers consider the

long-term changes affecting the welfare of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and

bring these factors to bear upon public policy;

(2) There is a need to coordinate state government's information resources to provide a

systematic and comprehensive use of that information to guide policymakers

concerning critical trends and alternative futures;

(3) To effect a prosperous future for the Commonwealth and its citizens, it is necessary

for changes to occur in the way decisions are made in government so policymakers

can consider the long-term implications of decisions and address emerging issues so

the Commonwealth can take advant age of opportunities, avoid problems, and

provide for continuity in policy; and

(4) It is necessary to establish mechanisms to bring all perspectives into the decision -

making process to evaluate information, focus attention on areas in which

information is inadequate, and identify critical trends and alternative futures based

upon the best available information.