Office of the Legislative Auditor - Program Evaluation Division

Works in Progress

The Legislative Audit Commission (LAC) has directed OLA to evaluate seven topics. OLA started work on the following four of the seven topics in Spring 2025, and we expect to release related reports in Winter/Early Spring 2026:

1. Minnesota Department of Health: Assisted Living Facilities Licensing
2. Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program (WQCP)
3. Office of Ombudsperson for Families
4. Voter Registration System (with an Office of the Secretary of State focus)

OLA began work on the following two of the seven topics in Fall 2025, and we expect to release related reports in Summer 2026:

5. Implementation of Automatic Voter Registration (with a Department of Public Safety focus)
6. Minnesota Board of Public Defense

If you would like to provide input on the scope of these two projects as evaluation teams form evaluation plans, please do so here.

OLA will begin work on the remaining topic in Winter 2026:

7. Board of Animal Health (BAH) Oversight of Companion Animals