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                    Issue Summary
    The federal government faces significant financial, management, and performance challenges as it tries to effectively implement programs and deliver services. Congress and the Executive Branch developed a framework that provides important tools to help address these challenges. This framework aims to focus federal efforts on long-term results.

The framework includes:

Setting annual and long-term goals
	Measuring progress towards these goals
	Determining if these goals are being met, and what actions to take if not
	Transparently reporting resultsThe links below cover the major pieces of this federal performance management framework. Each link describes requirements and related leading practices.

Leading Practices for Agencies
			Leading Practices for Cross-Agency Efforts**Agency Strategic Plan (PDF, 6 Pages)**
			**Federal Government Priority Goals (PDF, 2 Pages)****Agency Priority Goals (PDF, 1 Page)**
			**Federal Government Performance Plan (PDF, 1 Page)****Agency Performance Plan (PDF, 10 Pages)**
			**Federal Government Quarterly Reviews (PDF, 1 Page)****Agency Quarterly Reviews (PDF, 1 Page)**
			**Federal Government Performance Website (PDF, 1 Page)****Agency Performance Reporting (PDF, 6 Pages)**
			**Leadership at the Governmentwide Level (PDF, 3 Pages)****Transparency of Agency Performance, (PDF, 2 Pages)****Reducing Unnecessary Plans and Reports (PDF, 1 Page)****Agency Leadership Involvement and Accountability (PDF, 4 Pages)****Congressional Involvement (PDF, 2 Pages)**Image
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  Recent Reports
          Evidence-Based Policymaking: Practices to Help Manage and Assess the Results of Federal EffortsGAO-23-105460
      
	Published:  Jul 12, 2023


	Publicly Released: Jul 12, 2023
                        Government Performance Management: Actions Needed to Improve Transparency of Cross-Agency Priority GoalsGAO-23-106354
      
	Published:  Apr 04, 2023


	Publicly Released: Apr 04, 2023
                        Federal Programs: Approaches to Help Create a Useful InventoryGAO-23-106272
      
	Published:  Jan 24, 2023


	Publicly Released: Jan 24, 2023
                        Evidence-Based Policymaking: Survey Results Suggest Increased Use of Performance Information Across the Federal GovernmentGAO-22-103910
      
	Published:  Nov 03, 2021


	Publicly Released: Nov 03, 2021
                        Government Performance Management: Key Considerations for Implementing Cross-Agency Priority Goals and Progress Addressing GAO RecommendationsGAO-21-104704
      
	Published:  Sep 28, 2021


	Publicly Released: Sep 28, 2021
                        Evidence-Based Policymaking: Survey Data Identify Opportunities to Strengthen Capacity across Federal AgenciesGAO-21-536
      
	Published:  Jul 27, 2021


	Publicly Released: Jul 27, 2021
                        Managing for Results: Government-wide Actions Needed to Improve Agencies' Use of Performance Information in Decision MakingGAO-18-609SP
      
	Published:  Sep 05, 2018


	Publicly Released: Sep 05, 2018
                        Managing for Results: Further Progress Made in Implementing the GPRA Modernization Act, but Additional Actions Needed to Address Pressing Governance ChallengesGAO-17-775
      
	Published:  Sep 29, 2017


	Publicly Released: Sep 29, 2017
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      Addressing Pressing Governance Challenges
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