Government Performance and Results Act

The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) (Pub.L. 103–62) is a United States law enacted in 1993. It is one of a series of laws designed to improve government performance management. The GPRA requires agencies to engage in performance management tasks such as setting goals, measuring results, and reporting their progress. In order to comply with the GPRA, agencies produce strategic plans, performance plans, and conduct gap analyses of projects. The GRPA of 1993 established project planning, strategic planning, and set up a framework of reporting for agencies to show the progress they make towards achieving their goals. The GPRA Act of 2010 took the existing requirements of the 1993 act and made it a more efficient and modern system for government agencies to report their progress.

History

The Government Performance Act was signed by President Clinton August 3, 1993. The GRPA was not used right away until the year 1999. From the time was signed they focused on collecting data and get everything ready for the following fiscal year. The fiscal year always starts October 1 and ends September 30 the following year. Before GRPA was made, in the 1960's there was another act trying to be made and it was called the Program, Planning and Budgeting System. There were others as well such as Zero-Based Budgeting, Total Quality Management and others. These were some programs of many that tried to establish Federal Performance Budgeting but did not succeed. It was said the GRPA would fade eventually fade away like the previous programs. The difference between the GRPA and the previous programs was that this was actually made into a law by a President and Congress. To ensure the GRPA continued to have a lasting impact on January the 4th of 2011 President Obama signed the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 into law.

Purposes of the Act

This act was established to gain trust of the American people. The government will be held accountable for all programs results to be achieved.

Keeping up with all the goals that the government is setting and eventually beat those first goals.
This Act helps Congress to be able to amend, suspend, or establish the final result of each fiscal year.
Improve the performance of all federal effectiveness.
The results of the act will be compared to the results of previous year
The Act wants to highlight the operational processes, skills and technology, and the human, capital information, or any other resources that ar required to meet the new goals for that specific year.

The three GRPA Elements

Agencies are required to develop five-year strategic plans that must contain a mission statement for the agency as well as long-term, results-oriented goals covering each of its major functions
Agencies are required to prepare annual performance plans that establish the performance goals for the applicable fiscal year, a brief description of how these goals are to be met, and a description of how these performance goals can be verified
Agencies must prepare annual performance reports that review the agency's success or failure in meeting its targeted performance goals. The performance goals must cover each program activity made in the agency budget.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is tasked pursuant to the GPRA with producing an annual report on agency performance. This is produced with the President's annual budget request.

On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed H.R. 2142, the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA), into law as Pub.L. 111–352. Section 10 requires agencies to publish their strategic and performance plans and reports in machine-readable formats. StratML is such a format.

GRPA Main Components

All of the Executive Branch is tied to the GRPA act.

External links

Government Performance Results Act of 1993 - at WhiteHouse.gov
White House Office of Management and Budget Budget and Performance Integration page
Government Performance and Results Act - at GAO Reports
GPRA Modernization Act (GPRAMA)
Strategy Markup Language (StratML)
Hanks, C.H.,"Should the Federal Government Continue Its Pursuit of Proprietary Financial Statements?" Journal of Government Financial Management, Spring 2014, Vol. 63, No. 1., pgs.12-18.
Kravchuk, Robert S., and Ronald W. Schack. Designing Effective Performance-Measurement Systems under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. 4th ed. Vol. 56. N.p.: American Society for Public Administration, 1996. Print. Pgs. 348-358
Office of the Chief Information Officer

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