Scope of Study
PERFORMANCE REVIEW
Several mechanisms are in place to provide performance-based information to the General Assembly. Among them are the Auditors of Public Accounts, Program Review and Investigations Committee, Office of Policy and Management, Office of the State Comptroller, Office of the Attorney General, and others such as the Office of Legislative Research and the Office of Fiscal Analysis. However, as reported in February 1998, by the Joint House-Senate Performance Review Task Force, such "mechanisms are not implemented uniformly across state agencies in an on-going manner".
Area of focus
The study will focus on how to strengthen and systematize the availability and use of performance measurement information in the General Assembly. The study will examine how a performance measurement system should be structured within the legislative branch and identify the requirements that must be imposed on state and quasi-public agencies to ensure the system put in place meets the needs of the General Assembly.
Areas of Analysis
Mechanisms in Connecticut for providing performance-based information to legislators
Relationship between the information produced by existing performance review mechanisms in Connecticut and the needs of legislators, particularly during the decision-making process involving the state budget
Level of legislators' satisfaction with the information produced by existing state performance review mechanisms
Performance measurement mechanisms in place in Florida, Texas, selected other states, and the Government Accounting Office
Relationship between the data that are currently available from state and quasi-public agencies and the data that are needed for the operation of an effective performance measurement system
Findings and recommendations of the General Assembly’s 1997-98 Performance Review Task Force
Alternative models for providing performance-based information to the General Assembly in terms of structure, organizational location, and staff resources