Finally, there is not a balanced mix of different types of performance indicators reported in the executive budget. As a result, the legislature may not be able to use the performance data to determine the effectiveness of the department's programs. The program missions meet our established criteria. All identify the overall purpose of the program and its principal clients or customers, and all are organizationally acceptable. All of the department's reported goals are consistent with the missions of the programs.
All objectives are consistent with their corresponding goals and specify desired results.
As a result, legislators may not be able to determine exactly what the program intends to achieve within a stated time frame. Furthermore, the majority of the objectives are multi-tiered. A multi-tiered objective consists of multiple objectives listed together as one objective or a single objective that addresses multiple topics. Multi-tiered objectives make it difficult to match corresponding performance indicators with the appropriate part of the objective. In addition, users of the executive budget may dismiss the objectives because of their complexity.