Thread by @donmoyn

The Trump OMB told agencies to no longer report strategic goals of performance metrics, saying no-one was using them. But they got the evidence wrong as I write here
@GovExec. So what should the Biden admin do differently?
govexec.com/management/202…
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Earlier thread on the background to this management issue.

https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1342180107826429952?s=20

Trump's OMB head said no-one was using the performance data, but he ignored one key audience: federal managers. Of course members of the public are not downloading federal data - that does not mean they don't care about performance, but that they expect federal employees to do so

I led a 2016 cross-country study of performance systems for the @WorldBank which found that the US system actually worked pretty well, mostly because there is a legal framework in place that encourages incremental improvement rather than abandonment. openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/hand…

In @PAReview my research with Alex Kroll also tracked implementation of the US federal performance measurement system over 17 years, finding that the current system does encourage managers to use performance data (article is ungated).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

We've also provided evidence that the current performance system directs federal managers to pay more attention to evaluations in doing their work, which seems pretty important given the Evidence Act. Again Trump OMB ignored this research. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The Biden admin could (should) do more to connect the federal performance system to their goals, measuring high-level outcomes about public access to public services. But they will be well-served by using the existing performance systems rather than trying to start from scratch.

tagging some folks who might be interested: @mihm_chris @robertjshea @JMKamensky @KelmanSteve @andyfeldman @DonKettl @tshoop @SMetzenbaum @dustinsbrown1