[PDF] The Government Performance And Results Act Strategic Planning Of The Future eBook

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Page : 17 pages
File Size : 18,48 MB
Release : 1997
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The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) was signed into law on August 3, 1993. In the view of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), it is intended to shift the focus of government officials from program inputs to program execution. The goal is to better see what is being achieved and how well government programs meet intended objectives, rather than accept the old bottoms-up estimating methodology. The GPRA's objective is "to provide for the establishment of strategic planning and performance measurement in the Federal Government, and for other purposes." It bases this objective on the following findings : (1) Waste and inefficiency in federal programs undermines the confidence of the American people in the Government and reduces the Federal Government's ability to address adequately vital needs; (2) Federal managers are seriously disadvantaged in their efforts to improve program efficiency and effectiveness, because of insufficient articulation of program goals and inadequate information on program performance; and (3) Congressional policy making, spending decisions, and program oversight are seriously handicapped by insufficient attention to program performance and results. This paper will explore the tenets of GPRA, particularly those associated with strategic planning. It also will address some of the history, implementation, and potential consequences of the Act.

Author : Benjamin F. Nelson
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 32,36 MB
Release : 1999-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780788183508

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The Results Act shifts the focus of gov't. decisionmaking & accountability away from a preoccupation with the activities to a focus on the results of those activities. Government agencies are to develop strategic plans, annual performance plans, & annual performance reports. This report is based on reviews of 24 major agencies' strategic plans that were formally submitted to Congress by Sep. 30, 1997. The report: summarizes observations on agencies' plans; & provides additional info. on how the next phase of the Results Act's implementation -- performance planning & measurement -- can be used to address the critical planning issues observed in reviewing the strategic plans.

Author : Alan M. Stapleton
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 14,82 MB
Release : 2001-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780756707583

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The Gov't. Performance and Results Act of 1993 seeks to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability of Fed. programs by establishing a system for agencies to set goals for program performance and to measure results. In 1998 a report summarized observations on agencies' plans and identified opportunities to improve the usefulness of future performance plans (PP). This report builds on those improve. opportunities by: identifying and describing practices that were applied in some PP that might improve the usefulness of all agencies' annual PP; and providing examples from agencies' FY 1999 PP that illustrate each practice.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 36,52 MB
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309290171

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The Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA) is described as a worldwide network of sensors, telecommunications, and personnel, with the supporting information exchanges, programs, and protocols that serve to detect, analyze, and report on nuclear and radiological materials that are out of regulatory control. The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), an office within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), coordinates the development of the GNDA with its federal partners. Performance Metrics for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture considers how to develop performance measures and quantitative metrics that can be used to evaluate the overall effectiveness and report on progress toward meeting the goals of the GNDA. According to this report, two critical components are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the GNDA: a new strategic plan with outcome-based metrics and an analysis framework to enable assessment of outcome-based metrics. The GNDA is a complex system of systems meant to deter and detect attempts to unlawfully transport radiological or nuclear material. The recommendations of Performance Metrics for the Performance Metrics for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture may be used to improve the GNDA strategic plan and the reporting of progress toward meeting its goals during subsequent review cycles.

Author : U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher : BiblioGov
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 37,6 MB
Release : 2013-06
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ISBN : 9781289041724

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the draft strategic plan submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as required by the Government Performance and Results Act. GAO noted that: (1) EPA's draft strategic plan does not yet contain all the elements required by the Results Act; (2) the draft plan provides a mission statement, general goals and objectives, approaches and strategies, and an identification of key external factors; (3) it communicates the agency's planned activities, and its goals and objectives are generally results oriented and measurable; (4) the draft plan does not include two of the elements required by the Results Act: (a) the relationship between the goals and objectives and the annual performance goals; and (b) program evaluations used to develop the plan and a schedule for future evaluations; (5) on the basis of its review of relevant legislation, GAO believes that the: (a) activities defined in EPA's draft plan are supported by legislation; (b) draft plan reflects EPA's major legislative requirements; and (c) linkages that EPA provides between goals, objectives, and strategies and potential statutory authorities help the reader to understand the plan; (6) EPA's draft plan does not discuss interagency coordination for crosscutting programs, activities, or functions that are similar to those of other federal agencies; (7) EPA's draft strategic plan recognizes major management challenges that GAO has previously identified and discusses the agency's plans to act on them but provides limited details on how these long-standing problems will be resolved; (8) these challenges include setting priorities, making effective use of nonregulatory approaches to supplement traditional "command and control" regulations, improving working relationships with the states, and ensuring the quality and completeness of the scientific research on which the agency bases it decisions; (9) EPA is currently developing an agencywide information system to track performance and report on results; (10) however, this system will depend on data from various other systems and sources that currently do not provide the reliable information that EPA needs for measuring results; (11) effort is still needed to identify, develop, and reach agreement on a comprehensive set of performance measures for the agency; (12) particularly needed are additional environmental measures or indicators to link EPA's activities to changes in health and environmental conditions; and (13) EPA needs to improve its financial data by correcting internal control weaknesses that have been identified by the agency's Office of the Inspector General.

Author : Albert Gore, Jr
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 11,60 MB
Release : 1998-04
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ISBN : 0788148109

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In 1993, Pres. Clinton directed federal agencies to determine from their customers the kind and quality of the services they want. The agencies had to understand planning processes and performance, identify organizations that excel at incorporating customers' expectations into their planning process, and partner with these leaders to understand why they are best. This report documents the team's findings and covers: advance planning and preparation; external and internal information; setting strategic directions; implementation: translating strategic direction into action; and performance evaluation and reporting. Glossary.