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LSO says program‑evaluation unit is inactive; committee hears options for audits and program cleanup
Summary
Legislative Service Office staff told the Management Audit Committee that the legislature’s program evaluation capacity has been diminished and that the last full program evaluation was done in 2018. Committee members discussed hiring staff vs. hiring consultants, the scope and cost of financial audits, and asked the Department of Au
Legislative Service Office officials told the Management Audit Committee that the Legislature’s program‑evaluation function has been largely dormant and the office lacks staff to perform the type of in‑depth program reviews the committee has historically commissioned.
"Essentially, since I became director in 2016, I poached positions from the management evaluation or a program evaluation section, to be able to hire personnel in other growth areas at LSO," the LSO director told the committee, explaining staffing decisions over the last decade. The director said the last full program evaluation by LSO was completed in 2018 and that, since then, the office has not undertaken a full program evaluation.
Matt Petrie, administrator of LSO’s Research and Evaluation Division, told the…
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