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Planning and Evaluation Unit

Alice Zimmerman, Planning and Evaluation
404-657-7316

The Planning and Evaluation Unit of OPB is responsible for strategic planning, project management, and policy and program review. The division provides guidance and assistance to OPB and to other state agencies in the strategic planning process, including identifying program areas and developing results and performance measures for those programs. The division also provides policy development and analysis, state demographic estimates and projections, and basic research. Staff conducts program evaluations and management reviews on state entities, along with conducting extensive and detailed research to help develop practical and efficient strategies for government action to deal with specific state needs and responsibilities. In addition to the above, staff provides project management and support for internal and external commissions, task forces, and councils.

The OPB Planning, Research, and Evaluation Unit is responsible for:

  • Coordinating the preparation of an annual state strategic plan, including state-level indicators, and an associated policy document.
  • Development of the state’s strategic and business planning model and process, including product format for state agency strategic plans, the relation of agency plans to the current state plan, planning and product format guidelines and design of processes used to review agency strategic plans.
  • Policy and guidance related to the collection and use of program performance measures
  • Conducting of program evaluations, including design, implementation, analysis, and final report.
  • Supporting the work of the Federal/State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates (FSCPE).
  • Processing requests related to the Federal Funds Clearinghouse
  • Coordinating and facilitating strategic planning activities for OPB
  • Coordinating the development of strategic plans among state agencies, providing technical assistance to state agencies as needed.
  • Project management, and staffing steering committees and/or providing staff support to inter-agency or inter-governmental task forces.
  • Conducting research and special projects for the OPB Director or Governor’s Office.  Projects could include basic research, best practices, decision support analysis, reviewing proposals for new programs, and developing new programs and related authorizing legislation.