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Performance Budgeting: Past Initiatives Offer Insights for GPRA Implementation

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 27, 1997
Report No. AIMD-97-46
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Summary:

Since 1950, the federal government has attempted several governmentwide initiatives designed to better align spending decisions with expected performance--commonly known as "performance budgeting." Congress enacted the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) in 1993 to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability of federal programs by having agencies focus on program results. In this way, GPRA can be viewed as the most recent effort to closely link resources to performance expectations. This report compares and contrasts the key design elements and approaches of GPRA with those of past initiatives to identify ways in which past lessons are incorporated into GPRA and which issues remain to pose significant challenges to successful implementation.

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