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# Performance

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## Strategic planning

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) creates and follows strategic plans that ensure we effectively deliver our mission.
                  - The  SBA Strategic Plan  is our strategy document outlining agency goals and objectives for the current and upcoming years.
                  - The  SBA Information Technology Strategic Plan  reflects SBA's dedication to optimizing and maintaining IT infrastructure and guides the use of SBA IT resources in achieving SBA strategic goals.
                  - The  DCOI Strategic Plan  describes SBA’s plans for implementing the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) established in OMB Memorandum M-16-19.
                  - The  SBA Final Plan for Retrospective Analysis of Existing Rules  is designed to create a defined method and schedule for identifying certain rules that are obsolete, unnecessary, unjustified, excessively burdensome, or counterproductive.
                  - Sustainability Report and Implementation Plan  is  SBA's plan to execute its mission in a manner that preserves the environment and demonstrates a commitment to creating a clean energy economy.

## Performance reports

SBA is committed to transparency. We publish documents that report on our financial and operational performance.
                  - Congressional Budget Justification and Annual Performance Report

## Financial reports

View financial information relative to the SBA’s mission and stewardship of its resources.
                  - Agency Financial Reports
                  - Summary of Performance and Financial Information
                  - Quarterly loan program performance
                  - Weekly lending reports

## Program Evaluation and Evidence Registry (PEER)

Program evaluation is a performance management tool that helps programs identify how and why results are being achieved. Programs then use that evidence for continuous improvement. PEER features research conducted by SBA programs and others in order to:
                  - Help answer the question, “What works in small business assistance programs?”
                  - Make those answers broadly available so that program managers, policymakers, researchers, and the public can make evidence-based decisions.

To submit your research, please email performance.management@sba.gov.

View all Program Evaluation and Evidence Registry (PEER) reports.

SBA recognizes the importance of evidence and evaluation to understand and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of SBA programs and operations. Rigorous evidence allows leadership to make sound decisions about program strategy, policy, and resources. With the development of SBA’s FY 2018-2022 Strategic Plan, the Agency has created an enterprise learning agenda (ELA) with a set of key research and evaluation questions for each strategic goal. The ELA, developed in partnership with each program office, identifies areas where evaluation would provide insights about program effectiveness, progress toward outcomes, or test pilot initiatives.

View SBA's Enterprise Learning Agenda.

View SBA's Annual Evaluation Plan.

View SBA's Evidence Capacity Assessment.

The SBA Framework and Guidelines for Program Evaluation outlines the steps the Agency has taken and will use in evidence-based decision-making and performance improvement and provides technical direction and best practices for teams undertaking evaluation work.