The report recommends further strengthening the oversight of the League by the Department of Children, Families, and Learning, giving the State Auditor more discretion in how to conduct its financial audits of the League, and adjusting the terms of board members so they all begin on August 1. Performance Report Reviews With advice from the Office of the Legislative Auditor, the 1998 Legislature modified state agency performance reporting requirements. The new law permits agencies greater flexibility in how they report on their performance every two years and requires the addition of abbreviated performance information to agency budget requests. The new law also calls upon the Legislative Auditor to periodically review agency performance reporting. Although no studies of performance reporting were conducted in 1998, topics related to performance reporting will be considered by the Legislative Audit Commission and added to the Program Evaluation Division's research agenda from time to time.
Evaluators frequently make presentations to legislative committees.
In addition to the work completed by the Program Evaluation Division in 1998, the staff initiated several new studies at the request of the Legislative Audit Commission. The division will also complete a best practices review on local government Fire Protection Services .