Performance Plan in the United States

Performance Plan in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Performance Plan in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): A plan that covers each program activity set forth in an agency’s budget. It establishes performance goals to define the level of performance to be achieved by a program activity; expresses such goals in an objective, quantifiable, and measurable form; briefly describes the operational processes, skills, technology, and resources required to meet the performance goals; establishes performance indicators to be used in measuring or assessing the relevant outputs, service levels, and outcomes of each program activity; provides a basis for comparing actual program results with the established performance goals; and describes the means to be used to verify and validate measured values.

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See Also

• Federal Appropriations
• Entries about the United States Budget Process in the Encyclopedia (including Performance Plan)
• Public Debt

Further Reading

• Legislatures and the budget process: the myth of fiscal control

  (J Wehner, 2010)

• Reconcilable Differences?: Congress, the Budget Process, and the Deficit (JB Gilmour, 1990)
• Fiscal institutions and fiscal performance

  (JM Poterba, J von Hagen, 2008)