Addressing the Performance Challenge

Fifteen years ago this week, Congress passed the Government Performance

and Results Act, a law whose sponsors hoped would help establish

a government guided by goals and monitored by results.

Senator William Roth of Delaware stood on the Senate floor and said:

For much too long, this focus on program performance and results has been

missing from the federal government. Agencies and managers are expected to follow

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