State budget director elected to national group

State Budget Director Duane Goossen has been elected president-elect of a national organization of state budget officials.

Goossen, who has served as Kansas budget director for the past six years, will become president-elect in July of the National Association of State Budget Officers. The following year he will serve as president.

NASBO is a non-partisan group that provides information and services to budget offices of all states and U.S. territories.