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Welcome to the Center for Accountability and Performance website! CAP aims to improve the practice of public service by helping Public Administration and Nonprofit professionals acquire the knowledge, technical skills and resources necessary to successfully manage for results. CAP achieves its mission through education, training, advocacy, technical assistance, resource sharing, and research into best practices in Performance Management.
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Accountability and Performance Update – July 14-20, 2025
Benchmarking Project Report 2025 School of Government, University of N. Carolina The North Carolina Benchmarking Project was established in 1995 so that participating municipalities could compare service data and performance trends. In 2022, the Benchmarking Project relaunched as Benchmarking 2.0 with … Continue reading
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Accountability and Performance Update – July 7-13, 2025
Toward Purposeful Strategic Planning Science Direct (Bert George) Research on strategic planning crosses disciplines ranging from management and public administration to healthcare, urban planning and sustainability. This fragmentation has resulted in research silos, with little interaction between disciplines. Integration across disciplines … Continue reading
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Accountability and Performance Update – June 30 – July 6, 2025
“No Better Way to Manage Performance” Government Executive (Op-Ed – Howard Risher) The U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s new performance management guidance looks to refine how federal agencies tackle employee performance, but to reach its mark, the federal government’s HR agency should … Continue reading
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Accountability and Performance Update – June 23-29, 2025
Federal Auditing Does Not Work U.S. Office of Management and Budget OMB released new audit guidance to agencies (M-25-30) that decries existing procedures as “rote exercises that do no ensure sound financial management.” It is initiating a governmentwide “strategic reset” … Continue reading
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Accountability and Performance Update – June 16-22, 2025
Standardized Performance Measures: What’s Left Out? Barrett & Greene It’s important that standardized performance measurements are used to ensure that data is compiled consistently across multiple entities. Without standardization, it would be impossible to compare the results gathered in one … Continue reading
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