The Performance Institute is a private, non-partisan think tank seeking to improve government performance through the principles of performance, competition, accountability and transparency, is proud to present our annual Performance Management Excellence Award for exceptional performers in the field of Government Performance Management.

As part of our mission to continually identify leading management innovations pioneered by “best-in-class” organizations, The Performance Institute would like to recognize those agencies that have achieved outstanding results through implementing and utilizing performance measures and management systems. The 2006 Performance Management Excellence Award will recognize the government agency that has gone above and beyond the call of duty to provide its team and organization with a solid strategy and set of measures to enhance overall performance. The organization that is chosen to receive the award will be acknowledged on The Performance Institute's website, at our Government Performance Summit and at future conferences, which offers valuable publicity and growth opportunity for any organization.

The award criteria will address all of the complexities involved with delivering the stellar performance results of today while preparing for the future. Submission must come from the applicant and will include an organizational case study demonstrating tangible results in the following categories:

A description of how the nominee's project or program was implemented in a performance-based manner, using the following attributes:

•  Defining and Aligning to Enterprise Strategy
•  Developing Meaningful Performance Measures
•  Increasing Data Availability
•  Maximizing Data Integrity
•  Enhancing Performance Reporting
•  Improving Evaluation and Analysis
•  Achieving Performance Integration
•  Driving Decision-Making

Complete the online submission form below which will be submitted to the of the Government Performance Education Director Tara Shuert.