Federal Performance Management: Opportunities for Improvement

Ungated version of Shelley Metzenbaum/as published in International Journal of Public Administration

An overview of progress and lessons learned concludes with specific recommendations to build understanding, more wisely manage motivational mechanisms, and prevent and reduce progress-confounding administrative barriers and burdens. 

Progress of Biden-Harris Performance Management Agenda (July 2024 – video)

U.S. Office of Management and Budget

The Performance.gov team hosted an event highlighting progress on PMA initiatives and conversations with public servants leading various PMA priorities on how they are implementing initiatives such as hiring reforms, the implementation of IRS Direct File, and equity in procurement.

Annual OMB Update on Performance Guidance

U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Each year, OMB updates its guidance, Circular A-11, to agencies on budget processes. Part 6 of that 1,000-page document provides guidance and timetables to agencies on their roles in implementing various laws covered by the Federal Performance Framework.

How to Use AI to Select KPIs and Performance Measures

Stacey Barr via LinkedIn

She experimented with different AI tools and found AI doesn’t generate Key Performance Indicators, they collate; they don’t understand nuance, and they produce convincing, but dangerous answers.

Resource of the Week: Policy Fit for the Future

Australian National University

This primer was developed by the Policy Projects and Taskforce Office in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. It provides an overview of Futures methodologies and their practical application to policy development and advice. It is a first step for policy teams and officers interested in Futures: providing you with a range of flexible tools, ideas and advice you can adapt to your own policy challenges and environments.