Author Archives: aspacap

Performance Management OMB Shares How Agencies Will Actually Reach Goals in Areas Like Climate Change Charles Clark, Government Executive Eight of 15 action plans for cross-agency efforts are linked to Obama’s second-term management agenda. Are We There Yet? Progress on … Continue reading →

Performance Management Agencies Release Action Plans for Implementing New Performance Goals Beth Cobert, OMB Blog The Administration has released detailed action plans for the fifteen CAP goals – eight of which make up the core of the President’s Management Agenda. … Continue reading →

Performance Management Are agencies meeting cross-agency goals? OMB reviews make it hard to tell Shefali Kapadia, Federal News Radio OMB’s assessments of cross-agency priority (CAP) goals could use improvement, according to a GAO report. GAO: OMB doesn’t always properly track … Continue reading →

Performance Management The problem at the VA: ‘Performance perversity’ Donald Moynihan, Los Angeles Times An investigation of the VHA points to systemic problems, but does not explain why these problems occurred. The most likely answer is “performance perversity”: Imperfect performance … Continue reading →