Government Performance Coalition
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The Government Performance Coalition was created in 1999: “to ensure a continued focus and attention to management and performance issues” by the White House
and “to identify management that issues that need new attention, and refine past efforts and highlight related governance policies that affect performance.”
The Coalition was initially formed to develop resource materials to support the eventual winner of the 2000 presidential campaign. In that effort, it sponsored a series of forums on key management issues, such as human capital
, financial management
, and performance management
. These forums and associated recommendations were compiled into a report given to the incoming administration for President George W. Bush. Many of these recommendations were subsequently used to frame his President's Management Agenda
.
In 2008, the Coalition members, both individually and collectively, sponsored a series of forums in 2008 with recommendations to the incoming Obama Administration to place an appropriate emphasis on performance. President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2010 budget has a section titled “Building a High-Performance Government,” with its first item being “Putting Performance First.”
A February 2009 article in Government Executive magazine described the Coalition as “An unfunded organization with no professional staff, the coalition is run through the volunteer efforts of good government group leaders. Early in the Bush administration, the coalition received some funding for a joint book project on performance management advice, but it now operates primarily as a clearinghouse for its member organizations' efforts.” The article continues: “The loose structure isn't just a vehicle for agreement at the coalition. It's a requirement. Because of the variety of governance structures among the member groups, it's impossible for them all to commit to a concerted lobbying campaign or even formally endorse a program.”
American Society for Public Administration
,
Association of Government Accountants
,
Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group,
The Public Sector Consortium,
CNA Corporation,
Coalition for Effective Change,
Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at George Washington University,
Grant Thornton
,
IBM Center for The Business of Government
,
International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
American University Institute for the Study of Policy Implementation,
Management Concepts,
Mercatus Center
at George Mason University,
National Academy of Public Administration (United States)
,
Partnership for Public Service
,
The Performance Institute,
Senior Executives Association.
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
and “to identify management that issues that need new attention, and refine past efforts and highlight related governance policies that affect performance.”
Purpose
The Coalition, comprising nearly two dozen organizations, meets regularly in Washington, D.C. to serve as a clearinghouse for its individual members’ respective agendas regarding government management improvement. During presidential election years, the Coalition sponsors events to highlight the importance of good government management issues in the campaign and to prepare materials that would be helpful to the winning candidate’s incoming political appointees.The Coalition was initially formed to develop resource materials to support the eventual winner of the 2000 presidential campaign. In that effort, it sponsored a series of forums on key management issues, such as human capital
Human capital
Human capitalis the stock of competencies, knowledge and personality attributes embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value. It is the attributes gained by a worker through education and experience...
, financial management
Financial management
Financial management may refer to:* Managerial finance, a branch of finance that concerns itself with the managerial significance of finance techniques....
, and performance management
Performance management
Performance management includes activities that ensure that goals are consistently being met in an effective and efficient manner. Performance management can focus on the performance of an organization, a department, employee, or even the processes to build a product or service, as well as many...
. These forums and associated recommendations were compiled into a report given to the incoming administration for President George W. Bush. Many of these recommendations were subsequently used to frame his President's Management Agenda
President's management agenda
The President's Management Agenda is an initiative, announced by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2001, to make the U.S. federal government more efficient and effective...
.
Projects
The Coalition members jointly sponsored the publication of a book as part of the 2004 presidential transition. That book, “Getting Results: A Guide for Federal Leaders and Managers” was an orientation guide provided to incoming political appointees to help them be successful managers in the federal government.In 2008, the Coalition members, both individually and collectively, sponsored a series of forums in 2008 with recommendations to the incoming Obama Administration to place an appropriate emphasis on performance. President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2010 budget has a section titled “Building a High-Performance Government,” with its first item being “Putting Performance First.”
A February 2009 article in Government Executive magazine described the Coalition as “An unfunded organization with no professional staff, the coalition is run through the volunteer efforts of good government group leaders. Early in the Bush administration, the coalition received some funding for a joint book project on performance management advice, but it now operates primarily as a clearinghouse for its member organizations' efforts.” The article continues: “The loose structure isn't just a vehicle for agreement at the coalition. It's a requirement. Because of the variety of governance structures among the member groups, it's impossible for them all to commit to a concerted lobbying campaign or even formally endorse a program.”
Members of the Government Performance Coalition
The members of Government Performance Coalition include:American Society for Public Administration
American Society for Public Administration
The American Society for Public Administration is a membership association in the United States sponsoring conferences and providing professional services primarily to those who study the implementation of government policy, public administration, and, to a lesser degree, programs of civil society...
,
Association of Government Accountants
Association of Government Accountants
The Association of Government Accountants was founded on September 14, 1950. AGA serves Federal, State and local government accounting professionals by providing education, encouraging professional development, providing Government Accounting certification, and supporting standards and research to...
,
Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group,
The Public Sector Consortium,
CNA Corporation,
Coalition for Effective Change,
Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at George Washington University,
Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton LLP encompasses the U.S. operations of Grant Thornton International, the largest accounting organizations outside of the Big Four . The member firms of Grant Thornton International comprise a global network of 27,000 employees and 2,207 partners in more than 110 countries...
,
IBM Center for The Business of Government
IBM Center for The Business of Government
The IBM Center for The Business of Government, sponsored by IBM, connects public management research with practice by commissioning independent, third-party research reports with practical advice from subject matter experts...
,
International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
American University Institute for the Study of Policy Implementation,
Management Concepts,
Mercatus Center
Mercatus Center
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University in the United States is a non-profit market-oriented research, education, and outreach think tank affiliated with the Koch family. It works with policy experts, lobbyists, and government officials to connect academic learning and real-world practice...
at George Mason University,
National Academy of Public Administration (United States)
National Academy of Public Administration (United States)
The National Academy of Public Administration was founded by James E. Webb, then-administrator of NASA, and other leading public administration practitioners in 1967 and chartered under Title 36 of the United States Code in 1984 under Public Law 98-257. The Academy is a nonprofit, nonpartisan...
,
Partnership for Public Service
Partnership for Public Service
The Partnership for Public Service is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C. whose mission is to inspire a new generation of civil servants and transform the way government works....
,
The Performance Institute,
Senior Executives Association.