| 5954 Performance Indicators for GPRA: Initial Assessment of HRSA Programs: Final Report |
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| The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 requires that each Federal agency develop comprehensive strategic plans, annual performance, plans that set specific performance goals for each program activity, and annual reports on the actual performance achieved compared to the performance goals. This study assesses the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) ability to develop and implement a system of performance measurement and management as of summer 1992.. The report focuses on individual programs or program clusters identified in the President's Budget for FY 1996.. Using a literature review, background research, and interviews within HRSA, assessments of program clusters, programs, and budget line items were developed, as was a technical assistance plan that identifies what is needed to further assist HRSA in developing and implementing the HRSA performance system. The report finds that: (1) HRSA's current program structures and measurement efforts form a base for a HRSA-wide measurement system; and (2) indicators common to many programs could be used to measure agency-wide performance. The performance measurement strategy should stress: (1) primary emphasis on a coordinated, interdependent system of health care resources, rather than a disparate set of programs; (2) links between the measurement strategy, strategic planning, program activities, evaluation planning and findings, and budgeting; and (3) incremental development of the system. (Final report 68 pages plus appendices.) | |
| Project Officer: | Thiel Raykovich, Karen |
| Health Resources and Services Administration | |
| 301-443-0370 | |
| Link to report: http://aspe.hhs.gov/pic/pdf/5954.pdf | |
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