Therefore, we have sorted state programs by target groups in the population. The result may be represented in the accompanying graphic. In the outer ring we place programs that are linked by the commonality that their primary reason for existing is to serve the same population group. The inner circle is our current designation of those population groups. 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.