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To promote improved federal management and greater efficiency and effectiveness, GPRA instituted a governmentwide requirement that agencies set goals and report annually on performance.. Both the executive branch and congressional committees need evaluative information to help them make decisions about the programs they oversee-information that tells them whether, and why, a program is working well or not.

This publication supersedes, Performance Measurement and Evaluation: Definitions and Relationships, June 2005.. Most federal agencies now use performance measures to track progress towards goals, but few seem to regularly conduct indepth program evaluations to assess their programs' impact or learn how to improve results.. In enacting the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), Congress expressed frustration that executive and congressional decisionmaking was often hampered by the lack of good information on the results of federal program efforts.. Many analytic approaches have been employed over the years by the agencies and others to assess the operations and results of federal programs, policies, activities, and organizations.

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Gpra Program Evaluation ((LINK))