Training on the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
In support
of the President's Budget and Performance Integration Initiative, OMB
and agencies are working to improve the program effectiveness rating process
to help inform FY 2004 Budget decisions. To this end OMB, with advice
from agencies and experts in the field of performance measurement, developed
the program assessment rating tool (PART). The PART is a diagnostic tool
that examines different aspects of program performance to identify the
strengths and weaknesses of a given program. It consists of questions
designed to provide a systematic, transparent, and robust way of assessing
program effectiveness so as to make more informed managerial and budget
recommendations.
With the
ultimate goal of assessing all programs using the PART, agencies and OMB
will assess roughly 20 percent of all Federal programs for the FY 2004
Budget. Over the next couple of months, OMB will be working with agencies
to complete the program ratings. To help OMB and agency staff become familiar
with the tool, and to help ensure the consistent application of the evaluation
criteria, OMB's Performance Evaluation Team will be conducting training
on completing the PART.
Training
sessions will be held on the following days from 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
in the Truman Room of the White House Conference Center, 726 Jackson Place,
Washington, DC:
Friday,
July 19, 2002 Tuesday, July 23, 2002 (Training session
is full) Friday, July 26, 2002 (Trainig session is
full) Tuesday, July 30, 2002 (Trainig session
is full)Additional
training session added:
Wednesday,
July 31, 9:00 am - 12 noon at the National Business Center Auditorium
at the Department of the Interior, 1849 C. Street NW, Washington, DC (enter
on C Street). No registration necessary.
