Performance Measurement

Feb 8, 2016

Top 400 Taxpayers See Tax Rates Rise, But There’s More to the Story

As Americans were gathering party supplies to greet the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service released their annual report of cumulative tax data reported on the 400 tax r...

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Feb 4, 2016

Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans

Chlorine bleach plants across the U.S. put millions of Americans in danger of a chlorine gas release, a substance so toxic it has been used as a chemical weapon. Greenpeace’s new repo...

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Jan 25, 2016

U.S. Industrial Facilities Reported Fewer Toxic Releases in 2014

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2014 is now available. The good news: total toxic releases by reporting facilities decreased by nearly six percent from 2013 levels. Howe...

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Jan 22, 2016

Methane Causes Climate Change. Here's How the President Plans to Cut Emissions by 40-45 Percent.

UPDATE (Jan. 22, 2016): Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its proposed rule to reduce methane emissions...

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PART Summaries

A collection of OMB's one-page summaries of PART scores for each program.

FY 06 one-pagers
FY 05 and 04 combined
FY 05 alone

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President Bush's FY 06 Budget: An Overview

President Bush sent his proposed Fiscal Year 2006 (FY 06) budget to Congress on Monday, Feb. 7, in a package that is one of the most special-interest-driven budgets presented in a very long time. The new budget calls for a large transfer of benefits to corporate special interests and the most well-off through additional tax cuts, regulatory and litigation "reforms," and other measures that weaken public safeguards and government in general. At the same time, the president proposes cutting programs serving low- and middle-income Americans.

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PARTs in 2006 Budget

Data and summaries of PART in 2006 budget. Program summaries: This PDF file contains one-page summaries of the completed PART assessments. PART data: This Excel file contains an overview of PART ratings, program types, and funding levels. PART instructions for the 2006 Budget. PART assessments: Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security

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PARTs in 2005 Budget

Data and summaries of PART in 2005 budget. Program summaries: This PDF file contains one-page summaries of the completed PART assessments. PART data: This Excel file contains an overview of PART ratings, program types, and funding levels. PART instructions for the 2005 Budget. PART assessments: Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security

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House Bill Calls for Agency Performance Ratings

A controversial bill that would require yet more burdensome analysis of regulatory and other government programs has resurfaced after passing the House but stalling in the Senate during the 108th Congress.

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PAR Act in 108th

Download text of H.R. 3826, the version of the PAR Act that passed the House in the 108th Congress but did not ultimately make its way in the Senate, and the accompanying report H. Rep. 108-768.

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Platts' Introduction of PARA

Download statement of Rep. Platts introducing PARA in 109th Congress.

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H.R. 185 - Program Assessment & Results Act

Download text of the PAR Act as introduced in the 109th Congress.

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GAO 2004 Study of PART

<p>Download copy of GAO, <i>Performance Budgeting: Observations on the Use of OMB's Program Assessment Rating Tool for the Fiscal Year 2004 Budget</i>, Rep. No. GAO-04-174 (Jan. 2004)

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