Performance Management (GPRA)

Improving the performance of Government agencies is the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA)' s goal. GPRA requires Federal agencies to:

GPRA seeks to make the federal government more accountable to the American people for the tax dollars it spends and the results it achieves. Reclamation relies on feedback from employees, customers, and stakeholders to meet these objectives.

Reclamation's Performance Management

MISSION STATEMENT:

The Bureau of Reclamation manages, develops and protects water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public.

Reclamation's Priorities For Continued Success in Managing Water Resources:
Reclamation has outlined four overarching goals that emphasizes our mission to deliver water and generate power while addressing other water use requirements and planning for future water needs to avoid crisis and conflict: Ensure the reliable delivery of water under Reclamation contracts. Optimize power generation, consistent with project purposes. Incorporate other considerations, such as recreation, fish and wildlife, environment, and Native American trust responsibilities, into our water and power operations. Identify and plan for future consumptive and non-consumptive water supply needs by identifying unmet needs in the next 25 years.

Reclamation's Priorities For Continued Success in Managing Water Resources:

Reclamation has outlined four overarching goals that emphasizes our mission to deliver water and generate power while addressing other water use requirements and planning for future water needs to avoid crisis and conflict:

Ensure the reliable delivery of water under Reclamation contracts.
Optimize power generation, consistent with project purposes.
Incorporate other considerations, such as recreation, fish and wildlife, environment, and Native American trust responsibilities, into our water and power operations.
Identify and plan for future consumptive and non-consumptive water supply needs by identifying unmet needs in the next 25 years.

Reclamation's Current Information

The Department of the Interior's GPRA Goals for 2007 - 2012 (pdf 1.5 M)

2006 Operating Plan with appendices (pdf, 689K)-- With increased emphasis on performance and budget integration to improve planning and performance, the Operating Plan attempts to weave together the interrelationships between the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), Activity-Based Costing (ABC), OMB's Program Assessment Rating Tool and budgeting. Please note that the 2004 Operating Plan is considered to be a final prototype document. (We would like your feedback on the operating plan. Please email Debra Burrell with your comments.)

ABC (Activity-Based Costing) 2006:

FY 2006 ABC User Guide and Coding Directory (pdf,437 K)
FY 2006 Reclamation ABC Activity Definitions (pdf, 640 K)
FFS System Guidance for ABC Users (pdf, 512 K)

President's Management Agenda

Scorecard for Reclamation

Reclamation's PART Activities in 2006

Performance and Funding Status

Reclamation's annual reports provide overall financial accounting.

First Quarter of 2006 (pdf, 619K)

Second Quarter

Department of the Interior GPRA links:

GPRA and Strategic Planning home page(The Department of the Interior complies with GPRA by developing a performance management system.)
FY03-08 Strategic Plan (pdf)
ABC Home Page (Information on DOI’s Activity Based Costing Implementation, including the purpose of the initiative, an introduction to ABC, the DOI Activity Dictionary, as well as a calendar of important events.)
Office of Planning and Performance Management (PPP) (The Office of Planning and Performance Management (PPP) provides leadership, guidance, and consulting services for the Department of the Interior on strategic planning, performance management, activity based cost/management, and organizational streamlining to improve programs, operate more efficiently, and provide better service to the Department’s customers.

Office of Management and Budget links:

GPRA Budget and Performance Integration (PART and PMA)
President’s Management Agenda (Information on Cost & Performance Management and give insight as to why DOI is using ABC.)

Last Updated: October 18, 2006