President’s Management Agenda

 It is noteworthy that during FY 2007, our status score for the “Eliminating Improper Payments” initiative improved from “red” to “yellow,” as a result of establishing error measurement methodologies for each of our high-risk programs.  Our report on the eliminating improper payments initiative, required by the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002, is presented in Section III, Other Accompanying Information, which describes some of our FY 2007 accomplishments. 

Scorecard Results

The President’s Management Agenda articulates the Administration’s strategy "for improving the management and performance of government.”  The President’s Management Agenda established five government-wide and eleven program-specific initiatives.  Agencies were required to develop and implement action plans to achieve goals related to these initiatives.

Through the use of scorecards, agencies and their management are publicly held accountable for achieving established goals.  The scorecards, released quarterly, employ a simple grading system of green for success, yellow for mixed results, and red for unsatisfactory to measure status and progress toward attainment of goals. (For more information about the President’s Management Agenda, visit www.results.gov.)

We participate in five government-wide and four program-specific initiatives, with consistently high performance.  Overall, in FY 2007, we finished the year with green progress ratings for 6 of 9 initiatives, signifying our commitment to achieving the President’s Management Agenda goals.  We believe we have made significant achievements on the scorecard relative to management excellence.   Our FY 2007 scorecard, including a comparison to FY 2006, is presented on the following page.

 It is noteworthy that during FY 2007, our status score for the “Eliminating Improper Payments” initiative improved from “red” to “yellow,” as a result of establishing error measurement methodologies for each of our high-risk programs.  Our report on the eliminating improper payments initiative, required by the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002, is presented in Section III, Other Accompanying Information, which describes some of our FY 2007 accomplishments. 

President’s Management Agenda Scorecard Results

• Mission and Organizational Structure
• Strategic Goals
• Strategic Goal Highlights
• President’s Management Agenda
• Analysis of Financial Statements & Stewardship Information
• Systems, Legal Compliance, And Controls
• Other Management Information and Initiatives
• Looking Ahead To FY 2008—Department Management Challenges And High-Risk Areas