Assessing Performance Budgeting at the OMB: The Influence of Politics, Performance, and Program Size.

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Author
Gilmour, John B., and David E. Lewis

Year
2006

Publisher
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 16, no.2 (2006): 169-186.

Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel

Link to publication:
http://jpart.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/16/2/169

Link to review:
http://jpart.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/16/2/169

Number of pages:
18

Language of publication:
Engelsk

Country of publication:
USA

NSD-reference:
2295

This page was last updated:
2007-07-09 12:16:44.123


Publikasjonens datagrunnlag
  • Primærdata
  • Sekundærdata
  • Kvantitativ
  • Dokumentstudie
Land som er gjenstand for studien
  • USA
Verkemiddel i den konstituerande styringa
  • 1.4 Finansiering
Verkemiddel i den operative styringa av ststlege verksemder
  • 2.1 Formell styringsdialog
Andre verkemiddel i den konstituerande / operative styringa
  • 3.1 Forvaltningsrevisjon og interne evalueringar
Studieoppdrag
  • Forskning
Studietype
  • Effektstudie/implikasjoner/resultater
Type effekt
  • Kostnadseffektivitet
  • Samfunnseffektivitet
Sektor (cofog)
  • Finansielle og fiskale formål K
  • Staten generelt

Summary
This article investigates the impact of performance, as measured by the OMB performance budgeting initiative called Performance Assessment Rating Tool (PART), on recommendations in the President's budget. In a multivariate analysis using data from the FY 2005 budget, with appropriate controls for the political content of programs, we find that the PART scores have a statistically significant impact on budget decisions within OMB. We find that PART scores have a larger impact on small and medium sized programs than on large programs. We also find that the "results" component of PART scores has a smaller impact on budget decisions than the "program purpose" component, a finding which tends to contradict the goal of performance budgeting to redirect resources to programs that produce results. The relative unimportance of the "results" component may be due to the lack of good outcome measures for most programs in PART.

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