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Performance Budgeting: State Experiences and Implications for the Federal Government

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 17, 1993
Report No. AFMD-93-41
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Summary:

Advocates of performance budgeting--budgeting that links performance levels with specific budget amounts--have argued that systematically presenting information on agency and program performance will improve budget decision-making by focusing choices on program results. The Senate's recent passage of legislation calling for a series of pilot projects dealing with performance measurement and performance budgeting indicates renewed interest in this subject at the federal level. This report looks at the uses and the limitations of performance measurement and budgeting as experienced by certain states. GAO describes the experiences of these states, considered leaders in performance budgeting, and discusses the potential implications of these experiences for the federal government.

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