Accountability and Results in Federal Budgeting

Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security

Tuesday, June 14, 2005
02:00 PM

[view archive webcast]

The purpose of this hearing is to focus on the specific metrics and tools (e.g., the Program Assessment Rating Tool, or PART) used by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine the effectiveness of federal programs, the advantages and disadvantages of using these metrics, and how information provided by these metrics is being used to increase effectiveness and accountability in federal budgeting.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• The Honorable David M. Walker [view testimony]
  Comptroller General
  United States Government Accountability Office
• The Honorable Clay Johnson, III [view testimony]
  Deputy Director for Management
  Office of Management and Budget

Panel 2

• M.A. Eileen Norcross [view testimony]
  Senior Research Fellow
  Mercatus Center, George Mason University
• Dr. Beryl A. Radin [view testimony]
  Professor of Government and Public Administration
  University of Baltimore