Program Assessment Rating Tool

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The Program Assessment Rating Tool, or PART, is a program run through the United States Office of Management and Budget instituted by President George W. Bush in 2002 to rate all federal programs on their effectiveness. As of February 2007, 96 percent of all federal programs have been reviewed, with all programs to be reviewed by 2007.[1]

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[edit] Current Ratings

  • 977 Total Programs Reviewed
  • 17% Effective
  • 30% Moderately Effective
  • 28% Adequate
  • 3% Ineffective
  • 22% Results Not Demonstrated

[edit] Utilization

President Bush used the rating tool to partially justify cuts or elimination of 150 programs in his 2006 FY budget.[2]

[edit] Reception

Reaction from the United States Congress has been mixed.[3] Scholars at the Heritage Foundation support the program and its potential to reduce the size of government.[4] The program won the 2005 Government Innovators Network Award, noting that the programs reception has led to similar program evaluation systems in Scotland and Thailand.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ About Us. ExpectMore.Gov (December 2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
  2. ^ Amelia Gruber (February 7th, 2005). Program assessments factor into Bush plan to trim deficit. govexec.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
  3. ^ Amelia Gruber (March 4th, 2004). OMB seeks agency outreach on linking performance to budgets. govexec.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
  4. ^ Keith Miller and Alison Acosta Fraser (January 9th, 2004). "PART" of the Solution: The Performance Assessment Ratings Tool. Heritage Foundation. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
  5. ^ Program Assessment Rating Tool. Government Innovators Network (January 1st, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-15.

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