It is certainly subject to revision. Program level is too much in the minutia of operations for effective oversight. Need to look beyond the administrative boundaries of individual agencies to see inter-agency partnerships or the need for such. As elected officials are accountable to the people, state government is accountable for service rendered to the people. Finally, we focus on policy to broaden our perspective beyond the program focus of most financial and performance audits.
Evaluation has many meanings to many people, and even to professionals in the field.
When we speak of evaluation information, we distinguish between a monitoring of processes and the true evaluation of the Merit, Significance, or Worth of endeavors. These are the next steps.