United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-10-28 monographic deposited born digital 68 p. GA 1.13:GGD-00-10 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-10 P0b002ee1803851bf f:gg00010 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-10 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-10 GGD-00-10 Regulatory agencies Accountability Performance measures Strategic planning Private sector practices GPRA Government Performance and Results Act Letter Report GGD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on performance management and measurement practices that could position regulatory agencies to more effectively implement the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) GAO gathered information from 23 federal and state organizations that GAO or other credible sources identified as using or planning to use a variety of useful practices to enhance specific aspects of their performance management and measurement processes; (2) GAO has grouped these practices into the following five categories: (a) restructure the organization's management approach to become more performance-oriented; (b) establish relationships outside of the organization to enhance performance; (c) refine performance goals, measures, and targets to better translate activities into results; (d) strengthen analytical capabilities and techniques to better meet performance management information needs; and (e) assess performance-based management efforts on a continuous basis to identify areas for improvement; (3) the organizations, although they had different missions, sizes, and organizational structures, said they consistently recognized that these practices are important in their efforts to develop a stronger results orientation; (4) the organizations used the practices to varying degrees; (5) thus, the practices did not appear to be a function of any particular organizational characteristic; (6) GAO believes the practices would be readily transferable to the federal financial institution regulatory agencies or other governmental agencies seeking to improve their implementation of the Results Act; (7) in addition, the practices are consistent with those identified in GAO's previous reports; and (8) these reports, for example, described approaches agencies were taking to address analytical and technical challenges in measuring program performance, align employee performance with organizational missions and goals, and address the influence of external factors in developing performance measures. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-10/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-10.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-10/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-10.pdf GAO/GGD-00-10 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-10 Letter Report GAO/GGD-00-10; Managing for Results: Strengthening Regulatory Agencies'; Regulatory agencies Accountability Performance measures Strategic planning Private sector practices GPRA Government Performance and Results Act