Improving Program Performance
in the United States
3rd Annual Meeting of OECD Senior Budget Officials
Network on Performance and Results
OECD Paris
May 2006
The PART
Executive Branch Agencies Focus on
Performance
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The President is Committed to Strong
Management Principles
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Focus on results
Give taxpayers more for their money
President’s Management Agenda (PMA)
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Human Capital
Competitive Sourcing
eGovernment
Financial Management
Budget Performance Integration
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The PART
The Program Assessment Rating Tool (The PART)
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Assesses Programs in Four Key Dimensions
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3.
4.
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Purpose and Design
Planning
Management
Results and Accountability
Generates Objective Program Ratings
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Effective
Moderately Effective
Adequate
Ineffective
Results Not Demonstrated
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Encourages Continuous Improvement
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Applies Consistent Framework to all Programs
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Distribution of Cumulative Ratings
Program Performance is Improving
100%
80%
60%
6%
11%
15%
15%
26%
29%
24%
45%
26%
72%
15%
20%
5%
26%
28%
5%
40%
50%
4%
55%
20%
4%
38%
29%
24%
0%
2002 (234)
Results Not Demonstrated
2003 (407)
2004 (607)
Ineffective
Adequate
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Moderately Effective
2005 (793)
Effective
28%
Distribution of Cumulative Ratings
$150B of Spending is Not Demonstrating Results
Results Not Demonstrated
$141B or 10%
Ineffective
$10B or 1%
Effective
$204B or 15%
Adequate
$274B or 20%
Moderately
Effective
$755B or 54%
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The Process
How The Process Unfolds
President’s
Budget
Inform Decisions
Program
Activity
Assessment
(OMB &
Agency)
Improvemen
t Plans
Created
Congressional
Action
Appropriations,
Authorization,
Oversight
Executive Branch
Share Best
Practices
Periodic
Reassessment
ExpectMore
Build Public Trust
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Crosscutting Analysis
Grants
Achievement in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math
Food Safety
Small Business Innovation Research
Community and Economic Development
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