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NLPES 2001 Fall Training Conference Notes

Wednesday, September 5

"Award-Winning Reports"

• Session Summary
• NLPES Awards - Jane Thesing, South Carolina
• 2001 Excellence in Evaluation Award - Leslie Marks, Utah
• 2001 Excellence in Research Methods Award - Daniel Oney, Virginia

"Performance Auditing and Program Evaluation: Where Do We Go From Here?"
Harry Hatry, Director, Urban Institute’s Public Management Program

• Session Summary
• Criteria/Checklist for Assessing
• Recommendations for State Policymakers: Making Results-Based State Government Work

• Session Summary
• Audit Report Writing Process: The Clear, The Brief, The Bold - Kathy Snider, South Carolina

• Session Summary
• Effective Presentations to Legislators - John Turcotte, Florida
• The Power Briefing in a Nutshell - John Turcotte, Florida
• Getting the Message Out – The Arizona Experience - Dale Chapman, Arizona

• Session Summary
• Interacting With the News Media - Jan Bush, Florida

"Luncheon Features"

• The Wide World of NLPES - Joel Alter, Minnesota
• Speaker Claire McCaskill, Missouri State Auditor
• 2002 NLPES Fall Training Conference: Welcome to Arizona!

• Highlights

• Session Summary
• Session Summary 2

• Session Summary

• Session Summary
• Introduction - Wade Melton, Florida
• Evaluation Planning - Staying on Target - John Sylvia, West Virginia
• Evaluation Planning - John Sylvia, West Virginia
• Evaluation Planning - Staying on Target - Kevin Dervin, Baird, Kurtz & Dobson

• Session Summary
• Research Methodology of the California State Auditor - Steve Hendrickson, California
• What’s Driving Medicaid Drug Spending? - Steve Harkreader, Florida

• Session Semmary
• Using Performance Measures in Evaluations - Gary VanLandingham, Florida
• What are performance measures? - Gary VanLandingham, Florida
• Evaluating Performance Information - Verma Elliot, Texas

• Session Summary
• Evaluating Technology Projects - Heather Moritz, Colorado
• Evaluating Project Management and System Development of Technology Projects - Melissa Schuiling, Michigan

• Session Summary
• TeamMate 2000: Audit Management System - Marilynn Kesslar, Price Waterhouse

• Session Summary
• Introduction - Shan Hays, Arizona
• Standard Audit Program Objective for Testing Data Reliability - Shan Hays, Arizona
• Assessing Computer-Generated Data Reliability for Performance Audits - Barbara Johnson, GAO

"Guest Speaker: Mark Funkhouser"

• Highlights

• Session Summary