Performance Measure in the United States

Performance Measure/Performance Indicator in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Performance Measure in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): A particular value or characteristic used to measure output, outcome, or efficiency of an organization or program. Performance measures are associated with performance goals in the annual performance plan.

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See Also

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