Performance.gov

• Performance.gov faces identity crisis

  Nearly two years after the site launched, the Office of Management and Budget still hasn't clearly defined its purpose or its intended audience, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

  Congress

  June 07, 2013
• OMB ratchets up accountability on high-priority goals

  The administration updated Performance.gov with a variety of data to highlight progress against each agency's goals and the cross-agency goals. OMB's Shelley Metzenbaum said the depth of information now on the site puts pressure on agencies to meet or surpass their goals. Interior and Education provide examples of how the discipline that the high-priority goals demanded has positively impacted their agency.

  Federal Drive

  December 14, 2012
• Transparency groups call for increased E-Gov funding

  OMB Watch and 30 other open-gov groups are asking Congress to restore funding to the E-Government Fund.

  Technology

  June 13, 2011
• Budget cuts shutter two open gov sites, others impacted

  OMB detailed its plans for using the $8 million E-Government Fund in a letter to Sen. Tom Carper. The administration will shut down two projects and reduce the functionalities of the others.

  Technology

  May 24, 2011
• OMB asks agencies for self-assessments

  The administration conducts its first set of reviews of the three-to-eight high priority goals each agency set last year. OMB is encouraging agencies to conduct their own reviews in order to keep focus on meeting the objectives. All agency performance information eventually will be made public through a new portal, Performance.gov.

  Budget

  October 15, 2010