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WASHINGTON - The Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Energy were recognized today by The Performance Institute for "exemplary performance on the implementation of the President's Management Agenda."

The awards were presented by Performance Institute President Carl DeMaio at the 2004 Government Performance Summit, being hosted this week at the Wyndham City Center.

"OPM and Energy have shown remarkable progress in implementing the performance-based management reforms laid out in the President's Management Agenda," DeMaio said. "The hard work of the men and women at both organizations deserves to be recognized and this summit, amongst an audience of federal managers, was an ideal place to do it."

Both organizations received green lights for their progress in all five PMA areas on the last Management Scorecard, released earlier this year. They are the only two agencies to achieve at least a yellow status for their overall implementation in all five PMA areas.

"A balanced and integrated approach to all five areas is by far the best way to implement the President's Management Agenda, and DoE and OPM have done just that," DeMaio said.

The Performance Institute is a private think tank seeking to improve government performance through the principles of performance, transparency, competition, and accountability. The Institute serves as the nation's leading authority and repository on performance-based management practices for government. Its mission is to identify, study and disseminate the leading management innovations pioneered by "best-in-class" organizations.

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