As outlined in our enabling statute, the biennial work plan is developed by the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee and the Division Director, with input from staff. Requests for program evaluations must come from a member of the General Assembly. The Division Director will review the requests in light of staff capacity and the current work plan and will make a recommendation to the Oversight Committee as to alterations of the work plan.

The 2007-2009 Work Plan Summary below is also as a Adobe Acrobat (PDF) document and as a PowerPoint presentation.

Short Session Projects: Report in mid-2008

• State Personnel Administration. Evaluate the effectiveness of the State personnel administration system.
• Agricultural Research Facilities. Determine the appropriate organizational structure to most effectively manage state-supported agricultural research facilities.
• Regional Economic Development Commissions. Determine the most effective governance and state-funding structure for the seven regional economic development commissions.
• Enhanced Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: Part I. Evaluate the efficiency of enhanced mental health and substance abuse services by reviewing program costs and processes.

Long Session Projects: Report in December 2008

• Water and Sewer Infrastructure Funding. Determine the effectiveness of the current allocation system for state water and sewer infrastructure funding; identify permanent funding alternatives.
• Medicaid: Private Duty Nursing. Evaluate the effectiveness of private duty nursing alternatives.
• Vehicle Safety Inspection/Air Emissions Programs. Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the motor vehicle safety and air emissions inspection system.
• Courts System Use of Information Technology. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Administrative Office of the Courts management of information technology resources.
• Enhanced Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: Part II. Evaluate the effectiveness of enhanced mental health and substance abuse services by reviewing service quality and outcomes.
• Alcohol Beverage Control System. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Alcohol Beverage Control System and identify improvement options, including privatization.
• Policy Analysis of Education Governance in NC. Conduct a policy analysis of education governance in North Carolina for Pre-Kindergarten through Post-Secondary.

Multi-Year Projects: Ongoing

NC Accountability Report. Develop a comparative inventory of individual services and activities of state government and quantitative indicators, including unit costs for measuring State activities. The pilot agency will be the Department of Transportation.