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The Center for Budget and Financial Management at The Performance Institute promotes excellence, transparency and accountability to government managers by providing the strategies and tools necessary to solve financial and budgetary issues.

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The Performance Institute has developed a comprehensive Government Budget and Financial Management training program designed exclusively for government managers.


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The Performance Institute's experts in government budget and financial managers and advisors provide a variety of manage-ment support services available to government agencies on budget and financial management.

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Institute Research & Analysis

President's Budget Uses Performance Budgeting to Help Make Tough Decisions
The President's budget released on February 7th contains performance information for 607 federal programs. These performance evaluations, known as the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), require each program show how they provide value to the American people.

View White Paper Analysis of President's '06 Budget

OMB Releases New Guidance and List of Programs to be Evaluated by PART for FY06
The White House has released the list of 217 federal programs to be evaluated using the Program Assessment Rating Tool with the FY06 Budget.

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President's FY05 Budget Delivers Big Dividends on Performance Budgeting
With the release of the President's '05 budget today, the federal government is taking another bold step towards a comprehensive "performance budgeting" system for the federal budget. Moreover, given that the President's budget uses performance information to eliminate 13 federal programs and save over $1 billion in federal funds, the use of performance budgeting offers opportunities to save taxpayers billions.

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OMB PART Scores for FY06
On February 7th, OMB released the PART scores for 607 Federal programs with budget projections for every program. In addition, OMB provided an overview of there findings and recommendations based on the PART results.

Performance & Management Assessments
Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) 2006 Budget

Understanding How the PART, GPRA, and PMA are Related
Government agencies are often confused as to how the PART, GPRA, and PMA relate to each other. Understanding how they are integrated sheds light on the role each plays in improving performance in government. GPRA, established in 1993, still plays a pivotal role in the PMA and the PART as it focuses on strategic planning and performance measures. At a 2003 Best Practices Forum on Performance-Based Budgeting, Jeff Bergin, director of the Center for Government Performance at the Institute, discussed each performance mandate highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. He illustrated the role that PMA and GPRA play in successfully filling out the PART, as goals and measures established through PMA become evidence in agencies PART evaluations.