Performance budgeting : what works, what doesn't / William G. Arnold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnold, William G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Program budgeting.

Program budgeting--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vienna, Virginia : Management Concepts, 2008.

Summary:

Improve Your Agency's Performance Budgets and Accountability Reports Performance Budgeting: What Works, What Doesn't is a must-have resource for government officials implementing performance budgeting within their organizations. The author examines performance budgets and accountability reports from a cross-section of federal agencies and offers an objective critique of both their form and content. Examples of the best--and the worst--federal performance budgeting efforts offer insights and lessons for agency officials charged with determining the best performance budgeting techniques to put into practice. Readers will benefit from reviewing examples of other organizations' work and will learn how to use evaluation tools to apply performance budgeting techniques to their own organizations. Understand the evolution of performance budgeting and its inherent advantages Examine the performance budgets and results for eleven federal agencies Benchmark against the best agency submissions, and avoid the pitfalls of poor budgets and accountability reports Identify the attributes of good performance measures and learn how to develop them Bonus! Includes a CD-ROM with the latest performance and accountability reports for all 24 CFO agencies.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acronyms

1 Performance Budgeting: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

The History of Performance Budgeting

The Value of Performance Budgeting Today

Dwindling Discretionary Funds

Media Scrutiny

Congressional Support for Performance Budgeting

2 OMB Requirements-The Framework

Section 200-Overview of Strategic Plans, Performance Budgets, and Performance and Accountability Reports

Section 210-Preparing and Submitting a Strategic Plan

Section 220-Preparing and Submitting Performance Budgets

Section 230-Preparing and Submitting the Annual Performance Report

3 Performance Measures-The Keys to Success

Choosing the Consequences of Met and Unmet Goals

Attributes of Good Performance Measures

Good Performance Measures Drive Appropriate Behavior

Good Performance Measures Are Consistent

Good Performance Measures Are Repeatable

Good Performance Measures Are Economical

Good Performance Measures Are Understandable

Good Performance Measures Are Controllable

Good Performance Measures Are Meaningful

Inputs, Outputs, and Outcomes

Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Outcome Measures

Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)

4 Report Format: What Works, What Doesn't

Form and Content-Two Equally Important Partners

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

5 Report Content: What Works, What Doesn't

National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Department of Labor (DOL)

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Department of State

Epilogue: The Future of Performance Budgeting

Appendixes.

Appendix I: Government Performance and Results Act of 1993

Appendix II: OMB Circular A-11, Part 6, July 2007

Appendix III: Statement of David M. Walker, Former Comptroller General of the United States, Testimony before the House Budget Committee

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781523096077

1523096071

OCLC:

1305842664