7th Annual Performance Report Scorecard by Maurice McTigue, Henry Wray, and Jerry Ellig

AGENDA

Welcome Hon. Maurice McTigue

Study Results Dr. Jerry Ellig

Remarks and Awards Hon. Maurice McTigue and

Hon. David Walker

Q&A Hon. Maurice McTigue

How we score the reports 1-5 rating scale

3 Categories

Transparency

Public Benefits

Leadership

4 criteria in each category

5 Sets a standard for best practice

4 Shows innovation and creativity

3 Satisfactory

2 Partially complete

1 Fails to meet expectations

A caveat …

This Scorecard evaluates only the quality of This Scorecard evaluates only the quality of agency reports, not the quality of the results agency reports, not the quality of the results they produced for the public. Actual agency they produced for the public. Actual agency performance may or may not be correlated performance may or may not be correlated with report rankings in this Scorecard.with report rankings in this Scorecard.

Final Four

FY 2005

Score

FY 2005

Rank

FY 2004

Score

FY 2004

Rank

Labor 51 1 50 1

State 48 2 49 2

DOT 47 3 46 3

Veterans 46 4 46 3

15% of budget covered by satisfactory disclosure

Overall state of accountabilityAgencies’ non-interest net cost of operationsAgencies’ non-interest net cost of operations $2.45 trillion$2.45 trillion

Estimated tax expendituresEstimated tax expenditures $777 billion$777 billion

Cost of regulationCost of regulation $1.1 trillion$1.1 trillion

TotalTotal $4.3 trillion$4.3 trillion

Amount of spending in reports scoring 36+Amount of spending in reports scoring 36+ $374 billion$374 billion

(8.7% of total)(8.7% of total)

Transparency improves, benefits falter

Big movements

Most improved criterion: Accessibility (#1)

Most deteriorated criterion: Linkage of results to costs (# 8)

Biggest improvers: Treasury, Defense, Ag

Biggest drops: Justice, NSF, Social Security

Biggest challenges

Average scoreAverage score

8. Link results with costs8. Link results with costs 1.881.88

6. Outcome-oriented measures6. Outcome-oriented measures 2.632.63

3. Ensure data quality3. Ensure data quality 2.672.67

7. Demonstrate causality7. Demonstrate causality 2.792.79

10. Explain failures to achieve goals10. Explain failures to achieve goals 2.752.75

11. Major management challenges11. Major management challenges 2.832.83

New this year

Scorecard vs. OMB’s PART

Budget-weighted scores

Guidance for fiscal 2006

Scorecard vs. PART

75% of spending covered by reports scoring below 8 on Public Benefits

10% of PARTed spending is “results not demonstrated”

Budget-weighted scores sometimes differ

For more information

Mercatus guidance for fiscal 2006 reports:www.governmentaccountability.org/scorecard/guidelines

Detailed scoring notes for each report:www.governmentaccountability.org/scorecard/agencies

New Mercatus analysis of PART:www.governmentaccountability.org/PART2007