Improvement Plans

ACTION PLANS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE

There is always room for improvement, which is why each assessed program has a plan to improve performance and management over time. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget and Federal agencies develop these plans collaboratively and then track the progress that is made. As a result, all assessed programs are held accountable for improving their performance and management.

The type and scope of the follow-up actions in improvement plans vary greatly. In some cases, the recommended actions are specifically focused on one or two key areas in need of improvement. In other cases, the follow-up actions are much broader. Sometimes, a program assessment finds that a program is duplicative of other, better run programs or even that the program has already fulfilled its original purpose. In cases such as these, one of the follow-up actions might be to work with the Congress to end, or terminate, the program.