ABSTRACT
One of GPRA’s major purposes was to improve congressional budgeting decisions by providing better information about program results. e legislation mentions three possible means of increasing the availability of this information to Congress. First, the measures in annual performance reports should show agency progress in achieving their strategic goals. Second, GPRA requires agencies to list program evaluations in their annual performance reports, which should help point legislators toward detailed evaluations of individual programs. ird, the legislation authorized pilot programs on performance budgeting. Performance budgeting matches proposed expenditures with outcomes and shows how the amount of outcome is expected to vary with changes in the level of spending.
