| 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
Institute
Hosts Forums on Congressional Use of Performance Budgeting
The
Performance Institute hosted a pair of forums on Capitol Hill
March 10 to further engage Congress on the federal program performance
data generated by the White House Office of Management and Budget's
Program Assessment Rating Tool. Using the PART as
a starting point, Executive and Legislative officials, external
stakeholders and experts dialogued on how to improve performance
measures and subsequent evaluations applied to federal programs.
| Education Forum
| Wildland Fire Forum
President's
FY05 Budget Delivers Big Dividends on Performance Budgeting
With the release of the President's '05 budget today, the federal
government is taking another bold step towards a comprehensive
"performance budgeting" system for the federal budget. Moreover,
given that the President's budget uses performance information
to eliminate 13 federal programs and save over $1 billion in federal
funds, the use of performance budgeting offers opportunities to
save taxpayers billions. | Read
the News Release | Read
the Performance Institute White Paper Analysis
 Understanding
How the PART, GPRA, and PMA are Related
Government agencies are often confused as to how the PART, GPRA,
and PMA relate to each other. Understanding how they are integrated
sheds light on the role each plays in improving performance in
government. GPRA, established in 1993, still plays a pivotal role
in the PMA and the PART as it focuses on strategic planning and
performance measures. At a 2003 Best Practices Forum on Performance-Based
Budgeting, Jeff Bergin, director of the Center for Government
Performance at the Institute, discussed each performance mandate
highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. He illustrated the
role that PMA and GPRA play in successfully filling out the PART,
as goals and measures established through PMA become evidence
in agencies PART evaluations. | View
the Presentation in PowerPoint
Budget-Performance
Integration at the National Weather Service
At the 2003 Best Practices Forum on Performance-Based Budgeting,
Steven Gallagher, deputy chief information officer at the National
Weather Service, (NWS) outlined the success they have experience
in budget-performance integration, and in particular, their PART
scores. NWS established a performance management framework which
allows them to strive toward program performance on an annual
and long-term basis and articulate the measures for success. |
View the
Presentation in PowerPoint
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