Office of Performance Evaluations

Work Guided by Professional Standards

Government Auditing Standards (issued by the US Comptroller General)

Guiding Principles for Evaluators (issued by the American Evaluation Association)

Program Evaluation Standards (issued by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation)

Recent Work Products

Office Recognitions

2009 Impact Award, National Legislative Program Evaluation Society, in recognition for the report Governance of Information Technology and Public Safety Communications, which had documented public policy impact

2009 Notable Documents Award, National Conference of State Legislatures, Legislative Research Librarians, in recognition of excellence for the report Idaho Transportation Department Performance Audit for its "innovative and impartial presentation of funding needs and recommendations for Idaho’s transportation infrastructure."

2009 Notable Documents Award, National Conference of State Legislatures, Legislative Research Librarians, in recognition of excellence for the report Public Education Funding in Idaho for its "easy-to-understand presentation of complex concepts related to education funding."

2009 Notable Documents Award, National Conference of State Legislatures, Legislative Research Librarians, in recognition of excellence for the report Feasibility of School District Services Consolidation for identifying areas of school-related financial savings that could be applicable to other states as well.

JLOC member Representative Maxine Bell and OPE director Rakesh Mohan were selected by the Council of State Governments to attend the Henry Toll Fellowship Program in Lexington, Kentucky, in September 2008. The Toll Fellowship Program is one of the nation's foremost leadership development programs, which brings together representatives from all three branches of government. The program provides skills and strategies to assist state leaders in working together across party lines, state borders, and government branches to creatively address public policy issues.

Rakesh Mohan was appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) for a three-year term (2008-11). AEA is an international program evaluation association of more than 5,000 members. In the past, Rakesh served as chair of AEA's Publications Committee and the topical interest group on State and Local Government Evaluation.

Rakesh Mohan was reappointed by the US Comptroller General to the Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards for a four-year term (2007-10). Government auditing standards provide the framework for helping to ensure that auditors conduct their work with competency, integrity, objectivity, and independence.

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