(1) "Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice" means the Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice created in section 16-11.3-102, C.R.S.

(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, and 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.

(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.