§313 Evaluation Officers

Summary

Each agency head must pick a senior employee to be the agency’s Evaluation Officer. The person must be chosen without regard to political party and must have proven skill in evaluation methods and knowledge relevant to the agency’s work. As much as possible, the Evaluation Officer must work with other agency officials to do their duties. The Evaluation Officer must continually review the agency’s evaluations and research for coverage, quality, methods, consistency, effectiveness, independence, and balance; check the agency’s ability to do and use evaluations; create and put into action an agency evaluation policy; and coordinate, develop, and implement the plans required under section 312.