This will be the pattern for all subsequent PPRs. A Defense Science Board Task Force on Laboratory Management has recommended a dry run of the GPRA process for FY 1996. Drafts of the DoD Strategic Plan and the DoD Performance Plan have both been prepared. Goal setting and performance are two traits that DoD has always exhibited. The GPRA is an admirable action by Congress.
Performance is held in high esteem in American culture.
We love winners in education, business, military, government, private life, sports, and even in politics. In the hands of the politicians, though, performance often undergoes some distortion. Three comments may be made about the GPRA based upon personal experience with performance-based processes. Performance is defined in terms of the user. After some initial surveys, IDA decided that the effectiveness of IACs could best be judged by contacting IAC users.