摘要: |
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) continues to be a leader among Federal agencies in supporting the President's Management Agenda and instituting the use of performance-based budgeting in its internal processes. The fiscal year (FY) 2007 budget request builds on DOT's successful implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 by strengthening the linkages between budgetary resources and programmatic and performance outcomes that benefit the Nation. The resources requested in the Department's FY 2007 budget will enable DOT to achieve a transportation system that is safe, efficient, and secure. At the departmental level, performance goals and measures focus on core transportation missions, and reflect the Secretary's transportation priorities of safety, mobility, global connectivity, environmental stewardship, security, and organizational excellence. The budget documents for DOT's individual operating administrations reflect the successful steps to integrate budget and performance. Beginning with the FY 2004 budget cycle, DOT organized its budget submissions to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congress in such a way that the linkages between additional resources and improved performance would be more apparent. The linkages were further strengthened for the FY 2005 budget submissions. The FY 2006 budget submission began DOT's efforts to take performance budgeting to the next level by estimating the marginal cost of performance (i.e. what results can be achieved at different levels of funding) for selected programs. FY 2007 extends this effort across the Department as each operating administration has estimated the marginal cost of performance for at least one of its performance goals. |