Review of Agency Performance Measures report on Audit for the year ended June 30, 2007.

REVIEW OF AGENCY PERFORMANCE MEASURESREPORT ON AUDITFOR THE YEAR ENDEDJUNE 30, 2007EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report summarizes our review of the executive branch agency performance measures and provides recommendations based on our observations. Section 30-133 of the Code of Virginia requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct an annual audit of performance measures and to review the related management systems used to accumulate and report the results. The current performance management system has components for strategic planning, performance measurement, program evaluation and performance budgeting. Together, these components should provide information to manage strategy and improve and communicate the results of government services. Section 2.2-1501 of the Code of Virginia requires Planning and Budget to develop, coordinate, and implement a performance management system. Planning and Budget is also required to ensure that the information is useful for managing and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of state government operations, and is available to citizens and public officials. The Process Needs to Compare Performance Measurement with Amounts Budgeted We evaluated the linkage between the budget structure and agency’s performance measures to determine if the average citizen could understand the relationship between service areas, performance measures, and the budget. We evaluated 15 agencies and found that all agency’s ...