Performance Institute Research into the President's Management Agenda

The Performance Institute identifies, studies and disseminates the leading management innovations pioneered by “best-in-class” organizations. A strictly non-partisan organization, the Performance Institute serves as the nation’s leading repository of thoroughly researched, documented, catalogued and peer-reviewed “best practices” in a multitude of issue areas. Below are the reports published and planned for the primary initiatives of the President's Management Agenda.

  
Creating a Performance-Based Electronic Government
Released October 30, 2002

In May 2002, a coalition of good government groups launched a research project to identify the "best practices" in defining and measuring e-government initiatives. A research team surveyed CIOs and IT staff from every federal agency to determine how they design, plan, justify, manage, and measure the success of their e-government initiatives. This report presents the findings of that research—providing case studies from various agencies and articulating a framework for the development and use of IT performance measures.

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Designing a Performance-Based Competitive Sourcing Process for the Federal Government
Released October 8, 2002

This report presents 37 of the most feasible and often-suggested ideas generated during the research project. The 37 recommendations require some form of action by federal agencies, the Administration and/or Congress, and provide for substantial change to the existing competitive sourcing process.

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Implementing and Measuring Innovative Recruitment Strategies in Government
Expected Release Date: February 2003

A comprehensive report cataloguing various recruitment initiatives being managed by federal agencies and assessing their relative success in attracting quality employees to federal government service.  The project will survey all federal agencies to identify the most innovative recruitment initiatives, examine common lessons learned, review measures of performance, and evaluate overall recruitment success. 

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Performance Budgeting in Government
Expected Release in 2003

An intriguing "behind the budget scenes" study the use of performance information in the budget process by appropriators and OMB examiners as they make allocation and funding decisions.  We will interview Congressional appropriators on "background" and then present their candid views of performance so that agency budget officers can best present their budget justifications.  An exchange of ideas between legislators, analysts and program managers can make the entire budget process more efficient and effective.
Cost Accounting Innovations in Government
Expected Release in 2003

An examination of the different approaches agencies take when calculating full costs of service.  Activity-Based Costing will be closely studied, in addition to other innovative approaches to cost accounting in government.