2002 Best Practices Forum on
Performance-Based Budgeting
Achieving Effective Budget-Performance Integration in Government

Date: November 12-13
Location: Arlington, Va.

 

Don’t Miss this Hands-on, Interactive Training Session on Integrating Budget and Performance in Government

 

● Meet New Performance Budgeting Mandates

Bring your agency’s budget in line using the Programs Assessment Rating Tool (PART)

 

● Improve Resource Allocation

Learn to squeeze the most value out of your resource allocations

 

● Fully Allocate Costs to Performance Goals

Overcome the biggest obstacle to performance budgeting by linking all expenses to your program’s performance goals

 

● Enhance Budget Justifications

Make a better business case and obtain the funding your program deserves

 

Dear Government Budgeting Official:
 As the FY 2003 budget was allocated, the Bush Administration instructed all executive branch departments and agencies to incorporate performance budgeting into their programs. While some are making progress, most still have a very long way before they will be awarded a "green light." The impact of the president’s edict echoed in state houses across the nation, 46 of which now use performance measures in some or all of their budget submissions.

OMB’s Program Assessment Rating Tool
Those instructions came down a year ago. Since then, the Office of Management Budget has devised a system for assessing agencies’ use of performance-based budgeting: the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). Using a series of standardized questions divided into four focus areas, PART assesses programs’ performance and management.

If performance-based budgeting isn’t already guiding your program budgeting, it should be. In response to a wave of federal and state agency requests for assistance with performance budgeting, the Performance Institute will convene a training seminar dedicated to the best practices of performance-based budgeting here in Arlington, Va., on November 14-15, 2002.

Master Strategies and Tactics for Effectively Implementing Performance-Based Budgeting
Leaders in performance budgeting will present the latest best practices for linking resources to results. This seminar will combine best practices and lessons learned using step-by-step implementation guides, following a clear methodology for effectively implementing performance-based budgeting:

Step One: Defining Outcome Goals and Performance Measures
Step Two: Aligning Goals and Measures to Program Activities and Budget Accounts
Step Three: Cost Accounting and Budget Execution using Performance Budgeting Techniques

In addition to presenting a solid methodology for performance budgeting, this program offers an application workshop dealing with simplified approaches to activity-based costing.

With performance-based budgeting becoming essential to the success and financial viability of your agency, you cannot afford to miss this timely program designed to give you the strategies and tactics necessary for effectively linking government budgets to results. Register today by calling 703-894-0481.

I look forward to seeing you in November.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Bergin
Associate Director
The Performance Institute

 

 

Agenda and Speaking Faculty:

 

Day One: November 12, 2002

8:30

Continental Breakfast

9:00

OMB Views on Strategic Planning and Performance Budgeting Using A-11 and the PART

9:45

Using PART to Assess Budget-Performance Integration Success

10:45

Break

11:00

Lessons Learned from Conducting PART Analyses of Agency Budget Requests

12:15

Networking Luncheon

1:15

Lessons Learned from GAO Reviews of Agency Attempts to Integrate Budget and Performance Integration

3:15

The Logic Model Approach to Integrating Performance and Budget Information

4:30

Adjourn

 

Day Two: November 13, 2002

8:30

 Continental Breakfast

9:00

Defining Outcome Goals and Performance Measures

10:00

Aligning Goals and Measures to Program Activities and Budget accounts

  Case Study: EPA's Crosswalks Between Strategic Goals and Existing Budget Structures

  Case Study: NRC's Performance Budgeting after Five Years of Implementation

12:15

Networking Luncheon

1:15

Cost Accounting and Budget Execution Using Performance Budgeting Techniques

2:30

Application Workshop: Costing to Outputs in Service of Outcomes - A Simplified Approach to Activity-Based Costing

4:15

 Adjourn

 

Exhibiting and Sponsorship Information:
To learn more about exhibit and sponsorship opportunities at Performance Institute educational seminars and conferences, please call Blake Zach at 703-894-0481.

Hotel Information:
The 2002 Best-Practices Forum on Performance-Based Budgeting will be held at the Performance Institute in Arlington, Va. The Performance Institute is situated just minutes from the Hilton Garden Inn, the Quality Inn – Courthouse, and Virginia Suites hotels, as well as the monuments in Washington, D.C.  A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn at a discounted rate of $142. Please contact the hotel with the number provided below to make reservations. Be sure to ask for the Performance Institute conference rate. The hotel will ensure that your conference experience is not only educational but also comfortable and enjoyable in every aspect.

Hilton Garden Inn
1333 Courthouse Road
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel: 703-528-4444
Fax: 703-528-4933
www.hiltongardeninn.com

Tuition:
The fee to attend the 2002 Best-Practices Forum on Performance-Based Budgeting is $995.  Register for this seminar and its sister event, the 2002 Best-Practices Forum on Managing Change in Government, and receive $200 off the combined tuition.

Group Discounts:
Contact Blake Zach at the Performance Institute at 703-894-0481 for more information about group discounts.

Administrative Note:
A 10% cancellation fee on registration will be charges for cancellations received less than three weeks from the sate of the conference. As speakers are confirmed 6 months before the event, some speaker changes or topic changes may occur in the program. The Performance Institute is not responsible for speaker changes, but will work to ensure a comparable speaker is located to participate in the program.