| PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT NEWS |
White
House Report Demonstrates Broad Commitment to Improving Federal
Government Management
In
three years the President’s Management Agenda has attempted
to improve the performance of the federal government by improving
the management of the federal government. It calls for a range
of changes to the way the government operates on a day-to-day
basis, from the way it budgets and spends taxpayer dollars to
the way it hires and trains its employees. | Read
the Complete Statement | Read
the Report
2004
to See Big Push for "Institutionalizing" Performance-Based Management
in Government
Bush Administration officials, federal agency managers, Congressional
staff, and good-government advocacy groups convened today for
the 2004 Government Performance Summit to assess the progress
in improving management and accountability in the federal government
under the President's Management Agenda. | Read
the News Release
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. | Read More on TransparentGovernment.org
Performance
Institute Tells Congress: Congress Must Engage Before Full Results
Can be Demonstrated from GPRA
The
Government Performance & Results Act of 1993 was and continues
to be a critically important statute guiding federal managers
and employees in the continual pursuit for better results and
more transparent governance. | Read
the Testimony
| STRATEGIC
MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN CAPITAL NEWS |
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| Performance
Institute President Carl DeMaio testifies Feb. 11 before the
Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization. |
Performance
Institute Tells Congress: Workforce Flexibilities
Require Human Capital Planning
In
testimony Feb. 11 before the House
Committee
on Government
Reform's Subcommittee
on Civil Service and Agency
Organization, Performance Institute President Carl DeMaio urged
Congress to integrate strategic human capital planning into legislation
that would provide agencies greater flexibility in recruiting
and retaining their best employees. |
Read the Testimony
| Read the Testimony
in PDF
 Human
Capital Management
"Strategic Recruitment for Government," a 92-page research
report studying the most successful recruitment initiatives and
performance measurement tools of 22 federal agencies, was released
at the Government Performance Summit. The report goes details
the ten most effective stratgies being employed and makes recommendations
for the future
| Read More
| COMPETITION
& CONTRACTING NEWS |
Institute
Applauds Congress' Support for Competition in Government
The Performance Institute today offered its emphatic support to
measures taken by Congress Friday in support of the President's
competitive sourcing initiative. “Competition works,”
Performance Institute President Carl DeMaio said today. “
Standing up to attempts to halt competition, the President and
his advisors did what they had to do to ensure that those savings
would be realized and that more could be reaped. The potential
for cost savings and improved delivery of services is too vast
to ignore. This is a big win for American taxpayers.” |
Read the News Release
Institute
Hosts Agency Chiefs of Staff for Discussion of the President's
Competitive Sourcing Initiative
Performance Institute President Carl DeMaio briefed executive
agency chiefs of staff on communication, leadership and other
critical success factors in competitive sourcing at a breakfast
hosted by the Institute July 23 at the White House Conference
Center. | View the Photo
Agencies
Should Better Report Competitive Sourcing Savings
Competitive sourcing is by far the most controversial goal of
the president’s management agenda. Regardless of the understandable
heartburn it may bring to federal employees, the fact remains
that it does indeed save money — $1.1 billion in fiscal
2003, according to a May report compiled by the Office of Management
and Budget. | Read
Carl DeMaio's Commentary in Federal Times
$1.1
Billion in Savings Makes the Case for Competition
Carl DeMaio, president of The Performance Institute, today issued
the following statement in response to the competitive sourcing
study released today by the Office of Management and Budget: “Competition
works. The study released today by OMB shows that it works to
the tune of $1.1 billion over the next three-to-five years. |
Read the Statement
Designing
a Performance-Based Competitive Sourcing Process for the Federal
Government
In conjunction with Reason Foundation, The Performance Institute
released "Designing a Performance-Based Competitive Sourcing
Process." This report presents 37 of the most feasible and
often-suggested ideas generated throughout the project.
|
Read More
Creating
a Performance-Based Electronic Government
"Creating a Performance-Based Electronic Government,"
a research report which identifies the best electronic government
initiatives in 23 federal agencies, was released in print at the
National Press Club.
| Read More
| STATE
& LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS |
Governor
Schwarzenegger and California Performance Review Establish a “Benchmark”
for Reform of State Government
Carl DeMaio, president of The Performance Institute, issued the
following statement in response to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
release today of the California Performance Review’s recommendations
for overhauling state government. | Read
the News Release
Massive
Reform of California Government Focus of Comprehensive Institute
Forum
Four-hundred managers from California state government attended
a Performance Institute-sponsored forum May 20 to hear updates
on reform initiatives underway in the Schwarzenegger Administration.
| Read the Story
Institute
Unveils Set of 10 Reforms for City of San Diego
 The
San Diego Citizens’ Budget Plan outlines 10 reform recommendations
that mix long-term structural reforms in the city’s budget
process with management reforms to achieve an immediate cost savings
of $26 million in FY 2005. The budget reform package being presented
builds on the best ideas contained in the project’s earlier
reports that detailed 226 “Options” for potential
cost savings of between $45-120 million. |
Read the News
Release | Read the Plan in
PDF |
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