Performance Measurement: Toward More Effective Government : Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, on S. 20, to Provide for the Establishment, Testing, and Evaluation of Strategic Planning and Performance Measurement in the Federal Government, and for Other Purposes, May 5, 1992U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993 - 182 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 37
Page 13
... increased responsibilities for the agencies running and managing the program in exchange for some flexibility . So they had more accountability for results in exchange for some flexibility . There , they were able to gain flexibility in ...
... increased responsibilities for the agencies running and managing the program in exchange for some flexibility . So they had more accountability for results in exchange for some flexibility . There , they were able to gain flexibility in ...
Page 31
... increased knowledge about the control of high blood pressure , and about impact of tobacco and diet . We ought to be able as a society to torque that curve up , if you will . So we set a target that was more aggressive than the trend ...
... increased knowledge about the control of high blood pressure , and about impact of tobacco and diet . We ought to be able as a society to torque that curve up , if you will . So we set a target that was more aggressive than the trend ...
Page 32
... increasing . And for adults - this to me is the most striking in many ways— the target was reducing adult death rates by 25 percent to a level of 400 deaths per 100,000 people . The result 400.4 . This is an oversimplification of the ...
... increasing . And for adults - this to me is the most striking in many ways— the target was reducing adult death rates by 25 percent to a level of 400 deaths per 100,000 people . The result 400.4 . This is an oversimplification of the ...
Page 34
... increase the accountabil- ity at State and local levels as well as the Federal Government . Under JTPA , job ... increases in employment and earnings , and reductions in welfare dependency . Performance standards are really short - term ...
... increase the accountabil- ity at State and local levels as well as the Federal Government . Under JTPA , job ... increases in employment and earnings , and reductions in welfare dependency . Performance standards are really short - term ...
Page 35
... increase every year thereafter . At the same time , average costs per participant in the program de- creased ... increased placements in un- subsidized jobs and reductions in program costs . The second lesson we have drawn is that ...
... increase every year thereafter . At the same time , average costs per participant in the program de- creased ... increased placements in un- subsidized jobs and reductions in program costs . The second lesson we have drawn is that ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieve Administration agen ance annual assess BOWSHER CFO Act Chairman GLENN Comptroller Congress Department develop effective efforts employment example federal agencies Federal Government Federal programs Financial Management Financial Management Service financial statements fiscal focus formance funds goals and objectives going gram Health Promotion Healthy People 2000 HODSOLL identify implementation important improve incentives indicators Internal Revenue Service Job Training 2000 JOHN GLENN JTPA legislation long-term look Management and Budget management by objective MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY MCGINNIS ment mission National Office of Management operations organization organizational outcomes oversight percent performance goals performance plan performance standards pilot projects political appointee priority areas private sector program activity program performance measures progress Public Health Service require resolution responses Senator ROTH Social Security Administration strategic plan survey targets Thank tion title 31 total quality management trying UHALDE United States Code
Popular passages
Page 98 - Department of the Army, Department of the Air Force, Department of the Navy, and Department of Labor.
Page 36 - Registry; the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; the Food and Drug Administration; the Indian Health Service; the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH); and the PHS regional offices.
Page 3 - DIRECTOR, ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION Mr. BOWSHER. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee.
Page 94 - Institute's programs, the National High Blood Pressure Education Program and the National Cholesterol Education Program, were to focus on program activities categorized into areas such as special populations and age groups.
Page 140 - Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Public Health Service (PHS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Page 140 - It grows out of a health strategy initiated in 1979 with the publication of Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention...
Page 94 - Increasing the span of healthy life for Americans, • Reducing health disparities among Americans, and • Achieving access to preventive services for all Americans.
Page 122 - FMI's aim was described as being 'to promote in each department an organization and a system in which managers at all levels have: (a) a clear view of their objectives; and means to assess, and wherever possible measure, outputs or performance in relation to those objectives...
Page 98 - Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
Page 25 - Descr: Mission of the Financial Management Service is to improve the quality of government financial management. The Agency receives and disburses all public monies; maintains government accounts; prepares daily, monthly and annual reports on the status of government finances; and develops programs to improve cash and credit management and debt collection programs governmentwide.