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Using Performance Measures for Federal Budgeting: Proposals and Prospects
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BudgetingGovernment PerformancePopular PressPerformance MeasuresEducationPerformance MeasurementPerformance BudgetingProgram EvaluationPerformance ManagementPerformance AssessmentPublic PolicyPolitical Budget CycleAccountingGovernment BudgetPublic FinanceEconomic PolicyPublic EconomicsPerformance MeasureBusinessPolitical Science
Recent political, media, and public attention has focused on the need to measure government performance accurately. The study reviews performance‑budgeting issues, evaluating current federal measurement efforts and highlighting cautionary observations. The Congressional Budget Office analyzed the use of performance measures in the budget process, and the article examines the status of federal efforts and associated cautions.
The political system, the popular press, and the public have recently been concerned about measuring government performance. This concern for measuring performance should imply a concern for measuring it correctly. With this in mind, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently conducted an analysis of the use of performance measures in the budget process. The study attempts to review the issues raised by performance budgeting in the context of past and current efforts to link performance measures and budgeting. This article focuses on two portions of that study: The status of the current federal performance measurement efforts and specific observations designed to inject a note of caution into the current debate about performance measurement and budgeting.