Performance Measurement

Performance Measurement: News Analysis Background Gov Docs

Subtopics

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Data Quality & Peer Review

Performance Measurement

Risk Assessment & Uncertainty

Amendments to E.O. 12866

News

What Others Are Saying About PART 02/22/2006
OMB Watch is not alone in criticizing the White House's Program Assessment Rating Tool. See what others have had to say recently about this flawed measure. Read More

Senate Investigates the Program Assessment Rating Tool 06/27/2005
On Tuesday, June 14 the Senate subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security held a hearing on accountability and results in federal budgeting. Specifically, the hearing was held to investigate the specific metrics and tools used by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to measure the effectiveness of federal programs, the advantages and disadvantages of using these systems of measurement, and how information obtained is used to increase accountability in federal budgeting. The most widely used mechanism, called the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), was the main topic of the hearing. Read More

House Committee Approves Government Performance Rating Bill 03/21/2005
The House Government Reform Committee favorably reported out of committee the Program Assessment and Results Act, a bill that would have the effect of codifying the administration's controversial tool for rating program effectiveness. The bill is expected to move to the House floor this spring. Read More

How Do You Measure Program Results? 02/22/2005
For more than five years, the Bush administration has focused a good portion of its rhetoric on performance, accountability and results. To that end, in 2001, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) began to develop a mechanism called the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) to help budget examiners and federal managers measure the effectiveness of government programs. Read More

House Bill Calls for Agency Performance Ratings 01/24/2005
A controversial bill that would require yet more burdensome analysis of regulatory and other government programs has resurfaced after passing the House but stalling in the Senate during the 108th Congress. Read More

Office of Management and Budget May Be the Only Government Programs' Evaluator 04/05/2004
First, GPRA, then PART, and now PAR - government performance measures continue to multiply. More alarming is their morphing from bipartisan efforts that had a role for both the executive and legislative branches; to performance measures dictated by the executive branch in order to control spending to support political objectives. Read More