In budget justification materials, agencies are required to provide information on their program evaluation activities and on their program evaluation agenda. The agenda should describe the major program evaluation activities currently underway or planned. Agencies should consult with their OMB representative in development of their multi-year evaluation plans and agenda. Page 119 Narrative Statements on Program and Performance 34.1. Purpose and content of narrative statements.
Narrative statements describe the performance goals, outputs, and outcomes related to an account.
The statements should discuss how the budget year request supports these performance goals, outputs, and outcomes while addressing significant increases or decreases in performance or financing from the current to the budget year, including the termination of a program in the budget year. Each account requires a narrative statement if there is ongoing activity in the current or budget year. Supplemental requests, rescission proposals, and items proposed for later transmittal also require separate narrative statements for each presentation. The statements could, for example, include performance indicators contained in the agency's annual financial statements or other appropriate indicators. Generally, performance indicators which focus on outputs or outcomes should be used instead of workload and other process measures.