Executive Guide
Executive Guide

Author: Michael Brostek

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1997-02

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 0788141104

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In recent years, an understanding has emerged that the Federal government needs to be run in a more businesslike manner that in the past. The Federal government is accountable to the taxpayer, and taxpayers are demanding as never before that the dollars they invest in their government be managed and spent responsibly. Federal agencies often fail to appropriately manage their finances, identify clearly what they intend to accomplish, or get the job done effectively and with minimum of waste. Major statutes hold promise for creating a more accountable and effective Federal government.

Implementing the Government Performance and Results Act for Research
Implementing the Government Performance and Results Act for Research

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2001-07-12

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0309170958

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As requested by Congress and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), this report assists federal agencies in crafting plans and reports that are responsive to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), OMB Guidance, and agency missions. Using a case study approach, the report identifies best practices used by individual agencies to evaluate the performance and results of their science and technology programs. The report takes into account individual agencies' missions and how science and technology programs and human resource needs are factored into agency GPRA plans. Specific applications of recommendations are included from COSEPUP's earlier report entitled Evaluating Federal Research Programs: Research and the Government Performance and Results Act.

Managing for Results: GPRA Modernization Act Implementation Provides Important Opportunities to Address Government Challenges
Managing for Results: GPRA Modernization Act Implementation Provides Important Opportunities to Address Government Challenges

Author: Gene L. Dodaro

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-07-09

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 1437987397

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Statement of Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller Gen. of the U.S. The federal government is the world's largest and most complex entity, with about $3.5 trillion in outlays in FY 2010 that fund a broad array of programs and operations. GAO's long-term simulations of the federal budget show absent policy change growing deficits accumulating to an unsustainable increase in debt. While the spending side is driven by rising health care costs and demographics, other areas should also be scrutinized. In addition, there are significant performance and management challenges that the federal government needs to confront.This testimony discusses the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA), as the administration begins implementing the act. It is based on GAO's past and ongoing work on GPRA implementation, as well as recently issued reports (1) identifying opportunities to reduce potential duplication in government programs, save tax dollars, and enhance revenue; and (2) updating GAO's list of government operations at high risk due to their greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, or the need for transformation. Figures. This is a print on demand report.

Implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act at DLA
Implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act at DLA

Author: Donald W. Wolfgang

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (OPRA) is legislation passed in response to growing concern over the efficiency and effectiveness with which the federal government performs its functions. Under GPRA, all federal agencies will be required to submit annual performance plans and reports starting in September of 1997 for the FY99 budget request. As a major agency, DoD will be required to submit these performance plans and reports. The act requires pilot projects as a test of performance planning and reporting. This thesis is an analysis of the performance plan/report pilot project currently in progress at the Defense Logistics Agency. Included is an examination of the two performance plans already submitted by DLA.

Implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act at DLA
Implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act at DLA

Author: Donald W. Wolfgang

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13:

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The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (OPRA) is legislation passed in response to growing concern over the efficiency and effectiveness with which the federal government performs its functions. Under GPRA, all federal agencies will be required to submit annual performance plans and reports starting in September of 1997 for the FY99 budget request. As a major agency, DoD will be required to submit these performance plans and reports. The act requires pilot projects as a test of performance planning and reporting. This thesis is an analysis of the performance plan/report pilot project currently in progress at the Defense Logistics Agency. Included is an examination of the two performance plans already submitted by DLA.

Evaluating Federal Research Programs
Evaluating Federal Research Programs

Author: Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-02-24

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 0309517982

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The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), passed by Congress in 1993, requires that federal agencies write five-year strategic plans with annual performance goals and produce an annual report that demonstrates whether the goals have been met. The first performance reports are due in March 2000. Measuring the performance of basic research is particularly challenging because major breakthroughs can be unpredictable and difficult to assess in the short term. This book recommends that federal agencies use an "expert review" method to examine the quality of research they support, the relevance of that research to their mission, and whether the research is at the international forefront of scientific and technological knowledge. It also addresses the issues of matching evaluation measurements to the character of the research performed, improving coordination among agencies when research is in the same field, and including a human resource development component in GPRA strategic and performance plans.