Wildland Fire Management
To improve performance, OMB proposes that the agencies develop common measures to track and compare agency progress in reducing community fire risks. The following measures also include a comparative measure (with an implied efficiency objective) relating to fire preparedness and suppression.
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Wildland Fire Performance Measures
The Performance Institute developed performance measures for the Wildland Fire program administered by DOI and USDA using the Logic Model. These were derived from the program's strategic goals.
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Environmental Indicators from EPA
EPA's "Environmental Indicators Initiative" improves the Agency's ability to report on the status of and trends in environmental conditions and their impacts on human health and the nation's natural resources.
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Index of Leading Environmental Leaders
The ninth annual Index of Leading Environmental Indicators was recently released by the Pacific Research Institute and the American Enterprise Institute. The index shows the environment continues to be America's single greatest policy.
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Environment Indicators
Sustainable Measures, a private consulting firm, developed several indicators that measure progress toward a sustainable economy, society and environment. Among them are environment indicators.
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Measures of Rural Water Supply Performance
The federal government administers at least five different programs that serve the same dual objectives: to help communities located in rural areas of the country to improve the quantity and quality of their water.
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Performance Measures for Air and Radiation Programs
EPA and States -- through the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) adopted a set of Core Performance Measures for air and radiation programs to help paint a national picture of environmental progress.
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Performance Measures for Water Programs
EPA and States -- through the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) adopted a set of Core Performance Measures for air and radiation programs to help paint a national picture of environmental progress.
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Performance Measures for Waste Management Programs
EPA and States -- through the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) adopted a set of Core Performance Measures for air and radiation programs to help paint a national picture of environmental progress.
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Performance Measures for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Programs
EPA and States -- through the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) adopted a set of Core Performance Measures for air and radiation programs to help paint a national picture of environmental progress.
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EPA’s Core Performance Measures
EPA and States developed and adopted a set of Core Performance Measures to be used in planning, managing, and evaluating environmental programs. The measures are based on a commonly-used Hierarchy of Indicators which explains the kinds of information that can be used to measure the impact of environment and public health protection efforts.
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