The OSBA PERS information center contains the latest information about PERS and a high-level summary of the PERS challenge.

PERS glossary - a list of terms related to PERS.
PERS background - A summary of the PERS challenges including clips from the 2012 Summer Board Conference workshop on PERS.
YouTube video - John Taponga, President of ECONorthwest discusses the challenges Oregon's Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) poses for the state and explains how we got to this point.
Everything you wanted to know about PERS (736k ) - 2012 Summer Board presentation by Carol Samuels, Sr. Vice President, Seattle NW Securities; Lance Colley, Business Operations Director, Roseburg Public Schools

PERS resources

PERS Website - The home page of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System website.
PERS employer contribution brief - (171k ) - Explanation of how PERS employer contribution rates are set.

Other resources

National association of state retirement administrators - a non-profit association whose members are the directors of the nation's state, territorial, and largest statewide public retirement systems
The Oregonian's resources on PERS - recent news stories and videos from The Oregonian regarding the PERS issue.