Government Performance: Lessons Learned for the Next Administration on Using Performance Information to Improve Results

Download or read book Government Performance: Lessons Learned for the Next Administration on Using Performance Information to Improve Results written by Bernice Steinhardt and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 15 years, legislative and executive branch reform efforts have attempted to shift the focus of fed. gov¿t. mgmt. from a preoccupation with activities to the results or outcomes of those activities. There has been a transformation in the capacity of the fed. gov¿t. to manage for results, including an infrastructure of outcome-oriented strategic plans, performance measures, and accountability reporting that provides a solid foundation for improving the performance of fed. programs. This testimony looks at: (1) trends in fed. managers¿ use of performance info. (PI) to manage, both governmentwide and at the agency level; (2) how agencies can encourage greater use of PI to improve results; and (3) lessons learned from prior mgmt. reforms for the next admin.