Trends in Achievement of the President’s Management Agenda since Inception of the Scorecard Process

Since 2001, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has evaluated on a quarterly basis 25 federal departments and major agencies on their advancements in achieving the five initiatives: strategic management of human capital, competitive sourcing, improved financial performance, expanded electronic government, and budget and performance integration. Departments and agencies are evaluated on a green-yellow-red scorecard with scores based on the scorecard standards for success. Under each of these standards, an agency is green or yellow if it meets all of the standards for success listed in the respective column, and red if it has any one of a number of serious flaws listed in the red column.

Robbins-Gioia has conducted a historical analysis of the Executive Branch Management Scorecard—citing consistent progress in some areas and uneven advances in others. This trends analysis points to areas for continued improvement and opportunities for application of program management best practices as federal departments and major agencies execute against the five government-wide management initiatives identified in the President’s Management Agenda (PMA). While many departments and agencies demonstrate strong progress, only one, the U.S. Department of Labor, has earned green status marks across the board on the scorecard—attaining this level of performance on three out of the four 2005 quarterly scorecards.

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Executive Branch Management Scorecard Historical Analysis [PDF 177K]