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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 45
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 has laid a foundation of results-oriented agency planning, measurement, and reporting in the federal government. Performance planning and measurement have slowly, yet increasingly, become a part of agencies' cultures. For planning and performance measurement to be effective, federal managers need to use performance information to identify performance problems and look for solutions, develop approaches that improve results, and make other important management decisions. According to GAO's periodic surveys, federal managers reported having more performance measures in 2003 than in 1997. However, the data also showed that managers' reported use of performance information for program management activities has remained essentially unchanged from 1997 levels. GAO was asked to identify (1) how federal agencies can use performance information to make management decisions and (2) practices that can enhance or facilitate the use of performance information to make management decisions. Technical comments from the case agencies were incorporated where appropriate.
Author: John M. Kamensky
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 526
ISBN-13: 9780742545441
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The 'managing for results' movement that began in the early 1990s has now reached adolescence and is creating new challenges for government managers. After spending years creating planning and performance-measuring systems, managers and policy makers now need to focus on how to use performance information to make data-driven decisions. Managing Results for 2005 describes--through a series of case studies--the progress being made in federal, state, and local governments in managing for results. Part I increases our understanding about the potential use of performance information in government. It starts with a chapter on how government leaders can overcome obstacles to using performance information. Another chapter presents a comprehensive framework for tying performance to the budget process. The book provides specific examples of how performance information has been used to dramatically improve program outcomes. Part II presents case studies on the use of performance information to improve results in a range of federal agencies, in Texas state government, and in the City of Baltimore. As pioneering efforts, these examples do not all present success stories; nevertheless, the lessons learned will be instructive to public managers as the 'managing for results' movement advances toward maturity.
Author: Bernice Steinhardt
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2009-03-01
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 1437908543
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over the past 15 years, legislative and executive branch reform efforts have attempted to shift the focus of fed. gov¿t. mgmt. from a preoccupation with activities to the results or outcomes of those activities. There has been a transformation in the capacity of the fed. gov¿t. to manage for results, including an infrastructure of outcome-oriented strategic plans, performance measures, and accountability reporting that provides a solid foundation for improving the performance of fed. programs. This testimony looks at: (1) trends in fed. managers¿ use of performance info. (PI) to manage, both governmentwide and at the agency level; (2) how agencies can encourage greater use of PI to improve results; and (3) lessons learned from prior mgmt. reforms for the next admin.
Author: Patricia W. Ingraham
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2003-09-19
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780801872280
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on five years of extensive research by the Government Performance Project, this volume offers a comprehensive analysis of how government managers and elected officials use management and management systems to improve performance. Drawing on data from across the nation, it examines the performance of state, county, and city governments between 1997 and 2002 within the framework of basic management systems: financial information, human resources, capital and infrastructure, and results evaluation. Key issues addressed: • How governments strategically select elements of management to emphasize the role of leadership • How those governments that aim to improve performance differ from those that do not • What “effective management” looks like Through this careful, in-depth investigation, the contributors conclude that the most effective governments are not those with the most resources, but those that use the resources available to them most carefully and strategically. In Pursuit of Performance is an invaluable tool for government leaders and the scholars who study them.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David M. Walker
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2001-11
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780756716806
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →During the past decade, Congress has encouraged a focus on results and improved Fed. mgmt. by enacting a results-oriented statutory framework that calls for performance-based mgmt. This requires organizational cultures to improve decisionmaking, maximize performance, and assure accountability. This report provides results from the year 2000 survey of Fed. managers for each of the 28 agencies included in the survey for selected items regarding results-oriented agency climate, measurement of program performance, and use of performance information to make decisions that looking at high-performing organizations has found to be relevant to the success of those organizations.
Author: Jonathan Weinstein PMP
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2010-02-01
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1567262872
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gain Valuable Insight into the Government's Project Management Best Practices! Although project management is not new to the federal government, the discipline has taken on renewed importance in the face of the ever-increasing size, complexity, and number of mission-critical projects being undertaken by every branch and agency. This book addresses the key facets of project management, from organization and structure to people and process. A variety of government entities share their best practices in areas including leadership, technology, teams, communication, methodology, and performance management. Based on research and interviews with a wide range of project managers, Achieving Project Management Success in the Federal Government presents a realistic cross section of the project management discipline in the largest single enterprise in the world—the U.S. federal government.
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9781422309940
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