Agency
Scorecards
Good intentions
and good beginnings are not the measure of success. What matters in the
end is completion: performance and results. Not just making promises,
but making good on promises.
In order
to ensure accountability for performance and results, the Administration
is using an Executive Branch Management Scorecard. The Administration
will use this scorecard to track how well departments and agencies are
executing the management initiatives, and where they stand at a given
point in time against the overall standards for success.
The scorecard
employs a simple "traffic light" grading system common today
in well-run businesses: green for success, yellow for mixed results, and
red for unsatisfactory. Scores are based on five standards for success
defined by the Presidents Management Council and discussed with experts
throughout government and academe, including individual fellows from the
National Academy of Public Administration.
The standards
for financial management, for example, were reviewed by the Secretary
of the Treasury, the Comptroller General, and the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget. Under each of the five standards, an agency
is "green" if it meets all of the standards for success, "yellow"
if it has achieved some but not all of the criteria, and "red"
if it has even one of any number of serious flaws. For example, in financial
management, an agency is "red" if its books are in such poor
condition that auditors cannot express an opinion on the agency's financial
statements.
The initial
scorecard shows a lot of poor scores, reflecting the state of the government
this Administration inherited. This was to be expected since, as the President
indicated when selecting the Management Agenda items, the areas are "targeted
to address the most apparent deficiencies where the opportunity to improve
performance is the greatest." The marks that really matter will be
those that record improvement, or lack of it, from these starting points.
EXECUTIVE
BRANCH MANAGEMENT SCORECARD
2002
BASELINE EVALUATION |
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CAPITAL |
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SOURCING |
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E-GOV
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PERFOR-
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COMMERCE |
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DEFENSE |
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EDUCATION |
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ENERGY |
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HHS |
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HOMELAND |
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HUD |
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INTERIOR |
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JUSTICE |
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LABOR |
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STATE-IAP |
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TRANSPORTATION |
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TREASURY |
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VA |
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AID |
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NASA |
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NSF |
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SBA |
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indicate change in status since baseline evaluation on September 30,
2001. |
Over
time, the scores should improve as departments and agencies correct
the problems. The Administration will update this report twice
a year and issue a mid-year report during the summer. This Administration
will not indulge in grade inflation; we will hold ourselves responsible
and report honestly when progress is too slow.
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