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Outcome Measurement Resource Network Who is Involved in Outcome Measurement? Public Sector Agencies The annotated links below include some of the major federal and state governmental initiatives in outcome and performance measurement and benchmarking. Where available, the menu options from each site are listed as "contents." Please note that these links include both program-level and community-level initiatives, and may or may not share commonalities with United Way of America's outcome measurement approach and methods. - The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)
- The goal of GPRA is to improve performance measurement of agencies and government-funded programs. GPRA links budgets to results; in a process called performance budgeting. Under this program, all federally-funded programs must demonstrate outcome results in order to receive government funding. For more information on GPRA and GPRA/GAO reports, check the following sites: http://www.reusda.gov/part/gpra/gmainhom.htm and http://whitehouse.gov/omb/mgmt-gpra.html
- General Accounting Office (GAO)
- The General Accounting Office (GAO) is the investigative arm of Congress. GAO examines the use of public funds, evaluates federal programs and activities, and provides analyses, options, recommendations, and other assistance to help the Congress make effective oversight, policy, and funding decisions. Check particularly GAO reports on performance measurement.
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
- The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) is the principal advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on policy development, and is responsible for major activities in the areas of policy coordination, legislation development, strategic planning, policy research and evaluation, and economic analysis.
The following sites are of particular interest: Performance Improvement 2000: Evaluation Activities of the US Department of Health and Human Services
The Indicator and Database site - The Administration on Children and Families
- This page provides links to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) statistics, data, research, and publications, including the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). There also are links to research on services for children and families; financial reports; clearinghouse databases; fact sheets, testimony; specific program reports; reports to Congress; and GPRA reports, including the ACF Annual Performance Plan and Report. Check particularly the Child Outcomes Research and Evaluation resources within the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/core/pubs_reports/afc/afc.html
- Assisting Performance Measurement Initiatives in Health and Human Services Programs
- Information on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services efforts to establish performance measures for its programs. Includes the National Academy of Sciences report, Assessment of Performance Measures for Public Health, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health; the Institute of Medicine report, Improving Health in the Community -- A Role for Performance Monitoring; and ordering information for the Office of the Inspector General's two-volume report, Results-Based Systems for Public Health Programs. Also includes many non-DHHS resources, including other federal, city, state initiatives; and CONQUEST, an information system for collecting and evaluating clinical performance measures.
- Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development (U.S. Department of Energy)
- On this home page, you'll be able to: read about other communities that have discovered the benefits of sustainable development; locate technical and financial resources that can help your community plan and carry out sustainable development projects; and access model codes and ordinances other communities have used to implement sustainable development. [annotation from web site]
- Performance Measurement Information: Clearinghouse for Governments (GASB)
- This site is intended to provide: A basis for understanding accountability for state and local government; an understanding of what government performance is and what types of measures are used to report that performance; information about how performance or accountability is measured; clearinghouse for information about governmental performance measurement (who is doing what in using and reporting performance, where to go to get more information about performance measurement); information about how to develop performance measures, use performance measures, report and communicate performance results, and ensure the relevance and reliability of performance measures; and information about how performance measurement fits into a system of managing for results. [annotation from web site]
- ICMA Center for Performance Measurement
- The ICMA Center for Performance Measurement builds on the work begun by the Comparative Performance Measurement Consortium, a group of 44 cities and counties with populations of 200,000 and greater whose managers identified a need for accurate, fair, and comparable data about the quality and efficiency of service delivery to their citizens. ...Today, the major activity of the center remains administration of the Comparative Performance Measurement Program initiated by the consortium. The center provides training for new program participants, coordinates meetings for program participants, refines data collection templates based on suggestions from program participants, collects and cleans program data, compiles information regarding best practices among program participants, and publishes the annual program report. [annotation from web site]
- The Learning Network (Alliance for Redesigning Government)
- From the National Academy of Public Administration. Contents: Reinventing Democracy // Quality Management, Business Process Reengineering, Information Technology // Alternative Mechanisms for Government // Outcomes and Performance // Partnerships // Cutting Red Tape // Rightsizing/Downsizing // Community Based Strategies // Comprehensive Change Efforts // CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (A Compendium of Comprehensive, Community-Based Initiatives-- 50 Cases!!, State Investments in Education and Other Children's Services, Case Studies of Financing Innovations)
- Minnesota Milestones
- Contents:Issues and Topics // Publications // Search // State Demographic Center // Environmental Quality Board // Local Planning Assistance // Criminal Justice Center // Land Management Information Center // Contact Us // About Us // Web Help // Governor Arne H. Carlson // Minnesota Northstar
- National Partnership for Reinventing Government
- Formerly National Performance Review. Searchable site with fulltext GAO and other publications relevant to the NPR initiative, as well as many links. Includes GPRA, Oregon Option. Contents: Home // Search // Initiatives // Index // Calendar // Comments // Awards // Links // Tools // FAQs // Speeches // News // Library // Who We Are // Latest Additions // Accomplishments // Conversations with America // High-Impact Agencies // Hassle-Free Service // Access America // Labs/Waivers // Hammer Awards // Managing for Results // Partnerships // Plain Language // Federal Workplace // Family // Community // Federal Welfare to Work // Reinventing Regulation
- The Oregon Commission on Children and Families
- Two databases (95-97, 98-99) of action strategies, goals, and benchmarks presented by county in bar-graph and tabular format. Searchable archive of email. Many links to other sites. Contents: Home // Database // About Us // Calendar // OCCF Library (Links To Other Partners; OCCF E-Mail Search; Laws, Oregon laws, OCCF Rules and Policy; Lists, OCCF Contacts and other lists; Meetings Catalog, OCCF Meeting minutes etc; Publications, Child and Family; Links to Research Institutions and Organizations; OCCF 1997-99 Adopted Budget (Open in Excel)) // PC-Help // Benchmarks // Planning Guide
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