Performance Report

Annual Performance Reports address:

• Actual performance achieved vs. goals (targets) set for the year
• Includes measurement data collected and analyzed
• Explanation of any goals that were not met
• Plan for achieving unmet goals
• Modification of current year's plan in light of previous year's performance
• Performance information and trend data from previous years

The program performance report shall:

• Review the success of achieving the performance goals of the fiscal year;
• Evaluate the performance plan for the current fiscal year relative to the performance achieved toward the performance goals in the fiscal year covered by the report;
• Explain and describe, where a performance goal has not been met--why the goal was not met; those plans and schedules for achieving the established performance goal; and if the performance goal is impractical or infeasible, why that is the case and what action is recommended.

PREPARATION AND INITIAL SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLANS

OMB Circular No. A-11, Part 2 covers the preparation and initial submission of annual performance plans. Two iterations of an agency's performance plan are prepared: an initial plan submitted to OMB and used during OMB's review of the agency budget request and a revised plan sent to Congress soon after transmittal of the President's budget, and made available to the public.

REVIEW OF AGENCY ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLANS

For a checklist of questions asked by OMB in the review of Agency Annual Performance Plans.