As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) Behavioral health administration means the behavioral health
administration established in section 27-50-102.
(1.5) Repealed.
(2) Colorado commission on higher education means the Colorado
commission on higher education created in section 23-1-102, C.R.S.
(3) Colorado energy office means the Colorado energy office created in
section 24-38.5-101, C.R.S.
(4) Continuous process improvement system means a system based on
lean government principles or another widely accepted business process
improvement system by which a department engages in specific activities that have
the purpose of increasing efficiency and eliminating waste in the processes used to
deliver goods and services to taxpayers and customers of state government. A
continuous process improvement system includes measuring the outcomes of
such improvements and may involve some or all of the following strategies:
(a) The development of a process map that describes the procedures by
which a department produces goods or serves its customers;
(b) Specific activities to rapidly improve a department's processes that will
increase value or decrease staff time, inventory, defects, overproduction,
complexity, delays, or excessive movement;
(c) The involvement of department employees at all levels in mapping a
department's processes and in making recommendations for improvements, with
specific importance placed on the involvement of department employees closest to
the customer or end user of the state government product or service;
(d) Providing the means to measure each process in order to demonstrate
the effectiveness of each process or process improvement; and
(e) The training of department employees for purposes of mentoring and
training other department employees in continuous process improvement
methodologies.
(5) (a) Department means the judicial department, the office of state public
defender, the office of alternate defense counsel, the office of the child's
representative, the office of the child protection ombudsman, the public employees'
retirement association, the Colorado energy office, the office of economic
development, the behavioral health administration, and the principal departments
of the executive branch of state government as specified in section 24-1-110,
including any division, office, agency, or other unit created within a principal
department.
(b) For purposes of the requirements of section 2-7-203 (4), department
means the principal departments of the executive branch of state government as
specified in section 24-1-110, C.R.S., including any division, office, agency, or other
unit created within a principal department.
(6) Departmental regulatory agenda means a document prepared by each
principal department of the executive branch of state government and submitted to
the general assembly and made available to the public as described in section 2-7-203 (4). The departmental regulatory agenda contains the following information:
(a) A list of new rules or revisions to existing rules that the department
expects to propose in the next calendar year;
(b) The statutory or other basis for adoption of the proposed rules;
(c) The purpose of the proposed rules;
(d) The contemplated schedule for adoption of the rules;
(e) An identification and listing of persons or parties that may be affected
positively or negatively by the rules; and
(f) Commencing with departmental regulatory agendas submitted on and
after November 1, 2013, a list and brief summary of all permanent and temporary
rules actually adopted since the previous departmental regulatory agenda was
filed.
(7) Joint budget committee means the joint budget committee established
in section 2-3-201.
(8) Legislative audit committee means the legislative audit committee
created in section 2-3-101 (1).
(9) Legislative council or executive committee of the legislative council
means the legislative council or executive committee of the legislative council
created in section 2-3-301.
(10) Office of alternate defense counsel means the office of alternate
defense counsel created in section 21-2-101, C.R.S.
(11) Office of economic development means the Colorado office of
economic development created in section 24-48.5-101, C.R.S.
(12) Office of state planning and budgeting means the office of state
planning and budgeting created in section 24-37-102, C.R.S.
(13) Office of state public defender means the office of state public
defender created in section 21-1-101, C.R.S.
(13.5) Office of the child protection ombudsman means the office of the
child protection ombudsman created in section 19-3.3-102, C.R.S.
(14) Office of the child's representative means the office of the child's
representative created in section 13-91-104, C.R.S.
(15) Performance evaluation means a regular review of a department's
outcomes as compared to its published performance goals. The performance
evaluation shall be based on actual historical information.
(16) Performance goal means a specific, quantifiable goal related to a
performance measure adopted by a department.
(17) Performance management system means a formal system of
managing the processes and operations of departments.
(18) Performance measure means a quantitative indicator used to assess
the operational performance of a department pursuant to a published performance
plan. A performance measure should apply to activities directly under the influence
of a department and should demonstrate the department's efficiency and
effectiveness in delivering goods or services to customers and taxpayers.
Performance measures should be reasonably understandable to the public.
(19) Performance plan means a document prepared by a department as
part of a performance management system. A performance plan must incorporate
the impact of management strategies and continuous process improvement
activities on the costs and efficiency of delivering goods and services to taxpayers
and customers of state government.
(20) Process map means a written or visual presentation that describes the
steps involved in producing a product or service from beginning to end.
(21) Public employees' retirement association means the public employees'
retirement association created in article 51 of title 24, C.R.S.
(22) State auditor means the state auditor described in section 2-3-102.