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NLPES Awards Program

Judith E. Frye, was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award in 1999.

This year, NLPES would like to recognize an individual who has established her own legacy of service to the legislature and has now moved on to a place of service in the executive branch. NLPES presents a special recognition award to Judith E. Frye for her contributions and service to legislative program evaluation and NLPES.

Judy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Kent State University and a Master of Arts in Political Science from Michigan State University. Judy began her career in legislative program evaluation in 1979 as an employee of the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau. During most of her nineteen years with the bureau, she was the senior manager of the Program Evaluation Division, which was responsible for performing evaluations and audits of all major and many smaller agencies of state government as well as various local agencies. During her tenure with the bureau, Judy directed projects in the areas of human services, education, transportation, revenue, natural resources, local government, and legislative management. At the time of her resignation from the bureau in 1998, Judy was the Assistant State Auditor for Program Evaluation.

In addition to her service at the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau, Judy has been an integral part of NLPES and NCSL. From 1984 through 1986, she served as NLPES chair and represented NLPES on NCSL's Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee. She also served in leadership positions on NCSL's Fiscal Affairs and Oversight Committee from 1991 through 1993. Judy shared her knowledge of legislative program evaluation by serving as a faculty member of NCSL's Skills Development Training Seminar for more than four years. In 1990, she was a member of the inaugural class of NCSL's Legislative Staff Management Institute held at the University of Minnesota. Judy shared her legislative program evaluation skills internationally by participating in NCSL's 1993 Partnership of Parliaments project with Germany. In November 1998, Judy accepted a position with the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.