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Fiscal Affairs Program

Governing for Results

Virginia

Overview: Virginia's current managing for results system has been operational since 1995. It is comprised of four, linked processes: strategic planning, performance measurement, program evaluation, and performance budgeting. Because these processes are designed to work together to manage and improve the performance of state government, the system is referred to as Virginia's "performance management system." The four components of the state's managing for results system are strategic planning, performance measurement, program evaluation and performance budgeting.

These components provide multiple streams of information that policy and decision-makers, the general public, and state employees can use to improve and communicate the results of government services. Performance data, including baseline data, previous years' performance, and targets, are included each year in the Governor's Executive Budget.

Amendments to the Code of Virginia in House Bill 1065 (see link below), passed by the General Assembly during their 2000 session, underscored these relationships, along with the coordinating role that the Department of Planning and Budget (DPB) is to continue fulfilling. HB 1065 requires that DPB fulfill, among other duties, the following:

• Develop, coordinate, and implement a performance management system involving strategic planning, performance measurement, evaluation, and performance budgeting within state government.
• Ensure that information generated from these processes is useful for managing and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of state government operations, and is available to citizens and public officials.
• Develop, implement, and manage an Internet-based information technology system to ensure that citizens have access to performance information.
• Provide staff support to a new Performance Management Advisory Committee appointed by the Governor and chaired by the Director of the Department. The Committee is to provide input to the Governor regarding the direction and results of the state's performance management efforts.

Statutory Requirements:

Statute authorizing the budget office to administer performance-based budgeting:

Va. Code §2.1-391: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+2.1-391

Agencies/Projects :

Department of Planning and Budget:
http://www.dpb.state.va.us/about/aboutdpb.htm

Performance Budget Page: http://www.state.va.us/dpb/pm/perfmeas.htm

Links to budget documents are provided at:

http://www.dpb.state.va.us/budget/budget.htm

Manual/Instructions:

Virginia's Planning and Performance Handbook
http://www.dpb.state.va.us/pm/handbook/handbook.htm

Strategic Plans

Strategic Planning Guidelines. These guidelines applied to the executive budget submission for the 2000-2002 biennium.
http://www.dpb.state.va.us/forms/planning/stplngd.doc

Performance Measures:

Performance measures for all state agencies except higher education and reported data (including baseline and previous-year data) are listed at:
http://www.dpb.state.va.us/forms/pm/meas00.doc

Higher education performance measures (including baseline and previous-year data):
http://www.dpb.state.va.us/forms/pm/hemeas00.doc

Instructions for updating performance measures are at:
http://www.dpb.state.va.us/forms/pm/instr00.doc

Performance Reports: Data on agency performance are reported as part of the governor's biennial budget submission. The data reported as part of the budget recommendation for the 2000-2002 biennium are available at:
http://www.dpb.state.va.us/pm/buddoc00/buddoc00.htm

Posted 16 October 2000

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