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Fiscal Affairs Program

Governing for Results

Louisiana

Links active July 2002

Overview: Louisiana enacted the "Louisiana Government Performance and Accountability Act" in 1997. It requires each state department and agency to participate in strategic planning. Agencies' key objectives and key performance indicators must be included in appropriations acts and agencies must report progress toward performance indicators quarterly to the legislature and executive branches. The Legislative Auditor is required to audit and verify performance report data at the request of the legislature. The legislation also creates a system of performance rewards and penalties. The act defines the roles of various legislative and executive branch officials in administering and validating the process.

Studies: A short history of the performance budgeting initiative in Louisiana appears on the House of Representatives Fiscal Division site:
http://house.legis.state.la.us/housefiscal/pbb/pbb.htm

Statutory Requirements: "Louisiana Government Performance and Accountability Act" (Act 1465 of 1997) http://house.legis.state.la.us/housefiscal/pbb/summary.htm

Agencies & Programs:

Fiscal Division, House of Representatives:

The legislature's performance budgeting web site includes links to the enabling statute and appropriations language: http://house.legis.state.la.us/housefiscal/pbb/pbb.htm

Office of Planning and Budget: Includes a section on performance-based budgeting. The site provides links to sites that discuss strategic planning, operational planning and performance accountability:

http://www.state.la.us/opb/pbb/pbb.html

Manual/Instructions: The state's management manual Manageware: A Practical Guide to Managing for Results describes Louisiana's integrated processes for policy development, strategic planning, program budgeting, capital budgeting, and performance accountability.

http://www.state.la.us/opb/pub/pub.html (click on button for "Publications")

Performance Measures: The Executive Budget Supporting Document includes expanded program financial information as well as program narratives (identifying program mission and goals), both key and supporting objectives and performance indicators, general performance data (trends and external comparisons), and explanatory notes for each program.

http://www.state.la.us/opb/pbb/ebsd.html

http://www.state.la.us/opb/fy01/ExecBud/ExecBud01-Index.html

Performance Reports: The Louisiana Performance Accountability System: This tracks agency-by-agency performance indicators and quarterly performance reports:

http://www.state.la.us/opb/lapas/lapas.html

Posted 16 October 2000

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