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Welcome to the Program Evaluation Division Website
The Program Evaluation Division (PED) is a central, non-partisan unit of the Legislative Services Commission of the North Carolina General Assembly that assists the General Assembly in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee government functions. The mission of the Program Evaluation Division is to evaluate whether public services are delivered in an effective and efficient manner and in accordance with the law. The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee oversees formal evaluation of state agency programs by the Program Evaluation Division. JLPEOC MEETINGThe Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee is next scheduled to meet on Monday, May 13, 2019. Items on the agenda include presentations of PED reports on disaster recovery funds and disadvantaged schools that succeed. LEGISLATION UPDATEThe 2019–20 legislative session of the North Carolina General Assembly is currently underway. Our Legislative Tracking resource will be updated several times per week with status information on bills derived from PED report recommendations. CURRENT EVALUATIONSThe status of each of our current evaluations is updated on a weekly basis. HOW NORTH CAROLINA COMPARESThe Program Evaluation Division has issued its sixth edition of How North Carolina Compares, a biennial compendium of state statistics that ranks North Carolina on areas including population, health, taxes, expenditures, and education. RFQ for MEASURABILITY ASSESSORSThe Program Evaluation Division now provides two means of examining state programs—evaluations and measurability assessments. Whereas evaluations are in-depth studies conducted of existing state programs to determine whether they are effective and efficient and in accordance with the law, measurability assessments determine whether new and existing state programs collect the performance information necessary to inform any future inquiries into their effectiveness and efficiency. The General Assembly enacted the Measurability Assessment Act, NC G.S. 143E, in 2016. The law requires the Program Evaluation Division to contract with independent assessors to assess whether new or existing programs or pilot projects are “measurable,” i.e. lower risk and capable of reporting return on investment. Assessors will assess programs or pilots designated directly by the General Assembly or by the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee through the statutory PED work plan. The law states that agencies and programs assessed will reimburse PED for the cost of the assessment. NEWSWRAL-TV, CBS 17, Carolina Journal, and the News and Observer reported on the release of PED's report, Changing How North Carolina Controls Liquor Sales Has Operational, Regulatory, and Financial Ramifications. On January 30, 2019, the News and Observer and Triangle Business Journal covered the release and presentation of PED's report, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina Should Increase Private Funding and Improve Formal Coordination with Department of Commerce. The Winston-Salem Journal covered the report's release on February 1, 2019. On December 6, 2018, North Carolina Health News reported on legislation derived from PED's October 2018 report, Modifications to Inmate Pharmacy Purchasing and Monitoring Could Save $13.4 Million Annually. |
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