2024 Excellence in Evaluation Award

The Legislative Audit Bureau is the recipient of the 2024 Excellence in Evaluation Award from the National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (NLPES).

NLPES is one of nine professional staff associations connected with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). NLPES includes employees of state legislative agencies engaged in program evaluation or performance auditing. The purpose of NLPES is to advance the profession of nonpartisan legislative program evaluation and performance auditing and to provide staff with relevant training, opportunities for exchanging ideas and information, and recognition for superior performance.

The 2024 Excellence in Evaluation Award is presented to the audit organization determined to have made significant contributions to the field of legislative program evaluation and performance auditing during the four-year period beginning January 1, 2020, and ending December 31, 2023. The award is presented to only one recipient each year.

To earn this recognition, the Legislative Audit Bureau successfully demonstrated achievements in three specific areas: the significance of the performance evaluation work performed and how it has positively affected state operations and policies; the body of performance evaluation work performed and how it was produced; and the contributions made to further advance the field.

Impact Awards

The Legislative Audit Bureau participates actively in organizations such as the National State Auditors Association (NSAA) and the National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (NLPES), which is a staff section of the National Conference of State Legislatures. The performance evaluation work of the Bureau receives frequent national attention through Certificate of Impact awards, which are presented by NLPES in recognition of audit results such as:

• dollar savings resulting from implementation of audit recommendations;
• program improvements resulting from implementation of audit recommendations; and
• changes in statutes or funding based on audit findings and recommendations.

Since 2000, the Bureau has received a Certificate of Impact for the following audit reports: