S.Amdt. 780

1. Adds SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING PERFORMANCE MEASURES wherever appropriate

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:

   Inserted: (1) The fiscal year 2010 budget funds all Federal Government functions, including every program administered by each Federal department or agency across the country.

   Inserted: (2) The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance lists over 1,800 Federal Government subsidy programs across 63 departments and agencies.

   Inserted: (3) The number of Federal Government subsidy programs has grown by 54 percent since 1990.

   Inserted: (4) President Barack Obama stated, "The Federal Government has an overriding obligation to American taxpayers. It should perform its functions efficiently and effectively while ensuring that its actions result in the best value for the taxpayers.".

   Inserted: (5) President Barack Obama has proposed opening up the insular performance measurement process to the public, Congress, and outside experts.

   Inserted: (6) President Barack Obama has proposed creating the position of Chief Performance Officer to improve results and outcomes for Federal Government programs while eliminating waste and inefficiency.

   Inserted: (7) President Barack Obama has proposed working with Congress to address Federal Government efficiency by creating performance teams to reform programs, replacing existing management at Federal agencies, demanding improvement action plans, and cutting program budgets or eliminating programs entirely.

   Inserted: (8) In national polls, less than \1/3\, or only 27 percent, of Americans gave a positive rating of the performance of Federal departments and agencies.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--

   Inserted: (1) research-based, quantifiable performance measures are necessary to evaluate program effectiveness;

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   Inserted: (2) each Federal department and agency should develop performance measures for all programs receiving Federal assistance under its jurisdiction; and

   Inserted: (3) the performance measures developed under paragraph (2) should--

   Inserted: (A) to the maximum extent practicable, draw on research-based, quantitative data;

   Inserted: (B) take into account program purpose and program design;

   Inserted: (C) include criteria to evaluate the cost effectiveness of programs;

   Inserted: (D) include criteria to evaluate the administration and management of programs; and

   Inserted: (E) include criteria to evaluate oversight and accountability of recipients of assistance under such programs.

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   At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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