This text of New Mexico § 6-3A-3 (Definitions) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
As used in the Accountability in Government Act: A. "agency" means a branch, department, institution, board, bureau, commission, district or committee of the state; B. "approved program" means a program included in an approved list of programs issued by the division pursuant to Section 6-3A-4 NMSA 1978; C. "baseline data" means the current level of a program's performance measures established pursuant to guidelines established by the division in consultation with the committee; D. "committee" means the legislative finance committee; E. "cost beneficial" means that the cost savings and benefits realized over a reasonable period of time are greater than the costs of implementation; F. "division" means the state budget division of the department of finance and administration; G. "evidence-bas
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As used in the Accountability in Government Act: A. "agency" means a branch, department, institution, board, bureau, commission, district or committee of the state; B. "approved program" means a program included in an approved list of programs issued by the division pursuant to Section 6-3A-4 NMSA 1978; C. "baseline data" means the current level of a program's performance measures established pursuant to guidelines established by the division in consultation with the committee; D. "committee" means the legislative finance committee; E. "cost beneficial" means that the cost savings and benefits realized over a reasonable period of time are greater than the costs of implementation; F. "division" means the state budget division of the department of finance and administration; G. "evidence-based" means that a program or practice: (1) incorporates methods demonstrated to be effective for the intended population through scientifically based research, including statistically controlled evaluations or randomized trials; (2) can be implemented with a set of procedures to allow successful replication in New Mexico; and (3) when possible, has been determined to be cost beneficial; H. "outcome" means the measurement of the actual impact or public benefit of a program; I. "output" means the measure of the volume of work completed or the level of actual services or products delivered by a program; J. "performance-based program budget" means a budget that identifies a total allowed expenditure for a program and includes performance measures, performance standards and program evaluations; K. "performance measure" means a quantitative or qualitative indicator used to assess the output or outcome of an approved program; L. "performance target" means the expected level of performance of a program's performance measures; M. "program" means a set of activities undertaken in accordance with a plan of action organized to realize identifiable goals and objectives based on legislative authorization; N. "promising" means that a program or practice, based on statistical analyses or preliminary research, presents potential for becoming research-based or evidence- based O. "research-based" means that a program or practice has some research demonstrating effectiveness, but does not yet meet the standard of evidence-based; and P. "sub-program" means a set of discrete uniquely identifiable activities undertaken in accordance with a plan of action organized to realize identifiable goals within an approved program.