Awards

William Snodgrass Distinguished Leadership Award

Presented to Legislative Post Auditor Barbara J. Hinton by the National State Auditors Association for her leadership and contributions to performance auditing, June 2006.

Excellence in Program Evaluation: 2003, 1994, 1987

Awarded by the National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (NLPES), a section of the National Conference of State Legislatures, to state audit organizations demonstrating a history of excellence in the field of performance evaluation.

Certificate of Recognition of Impact

Awarded by NLPES to state audit organizations for specific audits with a documented public-policy impact.

2006

Wyandotte County: Reviewing the Use of STAR Bond Moneys Associated With the Kansas Speedway and the Village West Tourism District

2005

KDHE Information Systems: Reviewing the Department's Management of Those Systems

2004

Food Safety Programs in Kansas: Evaluating Possible Costs and Efficiencies of Combining Them

2003

School District Budgets: Determining Ways to Structure the Budget Document to Make It Understandable and Allow for Meaningful Comparisons

2002

Methamphetamine Labs: Reviewing Kansas' Enforcement Efforts

2001

Reviewing the Implementation of the Mental Health Reform Act

2000

Reviewing Issues Related to Community Colleges' Customized Employee Training Courses

1997

Reviewing the Department of Agriculture's Weights and Measures Enforcement Program: A K-GOAL Audit of the Department of Agriculture

Public Administrator of the Year: 1998

Awarded by the Kansas chapter of the American Society for Public Administration
Barbara J. Hinton, Legislative Post Auditor