However, neither Office auditors nor program evaluators consider that they have been involved in jurisdictional contests around the measurement of government performance. Evaluators and auditors showed paradoxical attitudes about their respective relationship. For example, at times evaluators saw Office auditors as competitors supported by significant allies in establishing and sustaining claims to expertise. Yet, evaluators also mentioned having “no sense of auditors taking over” – that a “collaborative” relationship had developed between evaluators and the Office, in which each party keeps the other informed of its plans and initiatives concerning the audit and measurement of government performance. The concept of jurisdictional contest (Abbott, 1988) neglects to take into account that professions often cooperate in developing markets for their work. Jurisdictional encounters may involve cooperation as much as “turf battles” (Dezaley, 1995 and Dezalay and Garth, 2002).