An Application using Cost and Performance Data Priority Setting and Performance-Based Budgeting

Priority Setting and Performance- Based Budgeting What is a performance budget?  Presentation clearly explaining relationship of performance goals and the cost of achieving those goals  Links strategic goals with related long-term and annual performance goals and with the costs of those activities  Develops a baseline for the resources needed to accomplish the performance goals  Can be much shorter than traditional budget with the main purpose to show an analysis of linking future performance and expected costs

Priority Setting and Performance- Based Budgeting Why take this on as an initiative  An opportunity to use real data to support decisions  Allows the organization to focus on what needs to be accomplished Also focuses on lining up budget execution (not just formulation) to the performance plan  Demonstrate success to the public  Create a sense of measurable accomplishment within field stations, Regions, and Programs  Track your organization’s accomplishments and costs over time  Comply with DOI, OMB, and Congressional regulations

Background – April Directorate Meeting Aligning Priorities to Ops Plan

Background (cont.) FY09 Planning Target

CPMS Insight CSF FY06 Act FY07 Targ FY08 RM $ Program Workload Measure Program/ Subactivity Region and Org Program Measures (RAPP, FIS, etc.) ABC Work Activity Employee FWS Ops Goal DOI EOG/ Outcomes BOC FWS Ops Goal DOI EOG/ Outcomes Historical Spending Patterns Performance Data Cost Data

Priority Setting What do you need to know  What work is currently being performed  Who is doing the work/where is the work  How much does it cost  What are the relevant partner priorities  What are the Service’s priorities

Using Priorities to make Decisions Techniques to start making decisions  Start small, find out what works best for your organization  Develop a standard report that will be pushed to all involved managers  Determine which resources (people, equipment, grants, etc.) need to be reallocated to accomplish the priority goal  Expand the experiment into a multiple-field station environment  Test the techniques when developing a performance-budget for a Focal Area Project How to measure performance/success  Use standardized report to show Focal Area accomplishments versus Regional averages  Track progress of Focal Area over time and report this to managers

Using Cognos applications to help Techniques/Examples to help with Priority Setting and Performance-Based Budgeting  View detailed cost information about a field station, or groups of field stations (Focal Area)  Cost and Performance package for tracking information over time  Create a standardized report that Field Offices can hang in public view to demonstrate their commitment to delivering results

Gulf of Maine Coastal Program

Identify and assess Habitat Restore Protect