Transcript April 2014

Investing in Results
Kathryn Vesey White
Senior Policy Analyst
NASBO
January 30, 2015
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 Based on state
budget officer group
discussions and
state-specific case
studies
▫ Funding support
provided by Annie E.
Casey Foundation
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Performance Budgeting at the State Level
# of States
What Budget Approach is Used by States?*
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Incremental
Line-item
Primary
Program
Performance
Secondary
Only 3 states
use as their
primary
approach, but
25 others say
they use to
complement
ZBB or
their primary
Modified
budget
ZBB
methodology
* Based on preliminary results of NASBO’s forthcoming edition of Budget
Processes in the States, due to be released later this year.
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Agency Engagement and Buy-In
 Top leadership’s involvement is key
 Show agencies how they can use
performance data to improve their
programs
 Focus on building capacity and improving
outcomes, not cutting budgets
 Staff training is critical
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Role of the Legislature
 Performance budgeting legislation can
promote continuity
 Getting lawmakers to actually use
information is difficult
 Building relationship between executive
branch and legislative fiscal staff can help
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Purpose and Design
 Performance measures should be limited in
number but not too narrow
 Use a combination of different types of
measures (output, outcome, efficiency, etc.)
 Other “good government” efforts can be linked
to and enhance performance budgeting
initiative
 Integrate performance measures fully into
budgeting and strategic planning
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Sustaining the Initiative
 Implementation will not happen overnight
 Performance budgeting does not yield
“answers” – rather, it helps you ask the
right questions and serves as an
informative tool
 Allow initiative to evolve and don’t impose
a “one-size-fits-all” model
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Kathryn Vesey White
Senior Policy Analyst
NASBO
202-624-5949
[email protected]
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