•“Who worries about results?Nobody
seems to care as long as we
spend the money.”
•--A
Federal Manager
•June 1997 meeting on Results Act
Currently, the
mentality among government managers is to not be tooconcerned about performance.How many of you have heard the term
“year-end money?”This quote is a good
depiction of the difference between the public and private sectors.From August 1st to September 30th,
government managers are on a mission to spend everything left in the budget
to safeguard their budget allocation for the next year.The evaluation of program performance does
not enter into this process.No one is
worrying about results.
