JLOC picks 5 topics for this year’s performance evaluations, from contract management to tax rates

The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee, after a series of votes, has picked five topics for investigations by the Legislature’s Office of Performance Evaluations in 2012: Best practices for state contract management, requested by Reps. John Rusche, Fred Wood and Jeff Thompson; analysis and comparison of Idaho’s tax rates with other states, requested by Senate Local Government & Tax Chairman Tim Corder and his committee; state employee compensation models and employment barriers, requested by Sen. Joyce Broadsword and Reps. Marv Hagedorn, Wendy Jaquet and Shirley Ringo; comparison of state laws and policies for traditional and charter public schools, requested by Sen. Shawn Keough; and teacher recruitment, attrition and retention, requested by Senate Education Chairman John Goedde and his committee.