Insights from Idaho’s Office of Performance Evaluations: An interview with Rakesh Mohan, Director – Episode #187

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Idaho’s Office of Performance Evaluations (OPE) was created in 1994 and is a nonpartisan, independent office that serves the Idaho legislature by conducting evaluations of state agencies and programs, as well as studies of key policy issues. With its staff of seven evaluators, plus its director, OPE’s mission is to promote confidence and accountability in state government.

To learn more, we’re joined by Rakesh Mohan (@RakeshMohanEval). He’s been the director of the office since 2002. OPE was the recipient of the American Evaluation Association’s Outstanding Evaluation Award and Rakesh himself was the recipient of the Outstanding Practitioner Award from the American Society for Public Administration.

Web extras: We discuss additional details about OPE and its work, including the use of contractors to support the work [click here] and the steps from project selection to report creation [click here].

Learn more: A longer interview with Rakesh Mohan hosted by James Pann is available here.

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