The Office of Evaluation, Performance, and Analytics, under the direction of the Chief Evaluation Officer, shall provide leadership, coordination, and capacity building to oversee the County's efforts around evidence-based policymaking, program evaluation, data governance, and metrics; create, implement and oversee an Annual Strategic Research Plan to align research and data analyses to the County's strategic planning process; budget and supervise a team that evaluates programs across the entire County enterprise, develops performance metrics for the County's programs and strategic goals, and operationalizes advanced data analytics methods to support County operations and decision-making. These functions shall enable the Board of Supervisors and County leadership to make evidence-based policy decisions that are most in line with the County's priorities; and perform other duties as assigned by the CAO.
(Added by Ord. No. 10748 (N.S.), effective 10-14-21; amended by Ord. No. 10923 (N.S.), effective 11-21-24)