Testimony on Government Federal Performance
Chief Performance Officer Zients testified the Obama Administration’s efforts to improve the performance of the Federal government. The following is an excerpt: “We do not track progress on goals that cut across agencies. Overall, too much emphasis has been placed on producing performance information to comply with a checklist of requirements instead of using it to drive change.”
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New OMB memo talks about management priorities
The Performance Institute’s Jon Desenberg talks with Federal News Radio on how The Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to evaluate only a certain type of programs.
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