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      "title": "Government Performance and Results Act, P.L. 103-62: Implementation Through Fall 1996 and Issues for the 105th Congress",
      "summary": "This document also available in  PDF Image .\n  The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993,  P.L. 103-62 , encourages\ngreater accountability, requiring agencies to set goals and use performance measures for management\nand budgeting. During FY1997, agencies will solicit information from stakeholders and consult with\nCongress to develop strategic goals, to be provided in final form to Congress in September 1997;\nGAO and OMB are to report in May and June 1997 (but may advance the date to March 1997) to\nCongress on agency readiness for full scale implementation and to recommend changes in the\nstatute; and agencies are expected to comply with OMB's requirements to use more performance\nmeasurement information in FY1998 budget requests. OMB's Fall 1996 review is assessing\nagencies' progress in developing strategic plans and performance measures and whether they are\nintegrated into budget formulation.\n  Agencies are to transmit to OMB annual plans and set performance goals, beginning with\n the\nFY1999 budget request; OMB submits a government wide performance plan to Congress as part of\nthe FY1999 budget request: in March 2000, agencies submit to Congress annual performance\nreports, which compare actual performance to stated goals. In March 2001, the OMB will report to\nCongress on the results of performance budgeting pilot activities and whether or not performance\nbudgets should be required statutorily. OMB modified Circular A-11 to require agencies to\naccelerate the use of performance and outcome measures in budgets beginning with FY1996.\n  Developing performance measurement and budgeting systems is difficult; Congress allowed\nagencies 7 years to develop procedures to respond to the law. Agencies initiated over 75 performance\nplanning pilot projects, estimated to cover $50 billion worth of federal programs. Based on its\nassessment of the relatively poor quality of GPRA pilots, OMB improved training for agency staff\nand established interagency groups to share information. OMB is seeking to postpone for a year\nbudget performance pilots, which were to begin for FY1998, and has sought to develop a unified\nperformance-oriented budget to assist in GPRA implementation, and completed a reorganization\nwhich gave budget examiners more authority over GPRA activities. The National Academy of\nPublic Administration and the Congressional Institute began training and assessment programs for\ncongressional staff. \n  Some committees have mandated agencies to use performance information for FY1998. Also\nduring FY1997, Congress may seek to assess how well agencies consult with Congress and solicit\nstakeholders' views in developing goals; the costs and benefits of performance measurement systems;\nOMB policy to allow agencies to use narrative (as opposed to quantitative) measurements; and the\ndifficulties of transitioning to performance-based budgeting. Hearings have been held by the\nSubcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology of the House Committee\non Government Reform and Oversight together with the Senate Committee on Governmental\nAffairs, and by the House Science Committee.",
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