Q12. To what extent, if at all, do you believe that the following persons or entities pay attention to your agency’s use of performance information in management decision making?
a. Department Secretary (if applicable)

  To a very great extent
(percent)
To a great extent
(percent)
To a moderate extent
(percent)
To a small extent
(percent)
To no extent
(percent)
No basis to judge/Not applicable
(percent)
No response
(percent)
Number
of respondents
All Agencies 8.1 14.8 13.6 11.8 7.4 42.0 2.2 2,943
Commerce 9.8 15.9 16.0 10.9 4.6 40.8 1.9 115
Defense 5.2 12.3 14.8 10.5 9.0 48.2 0.0 120
Education 15.3 30.5 10.5 10.8 8.5 23.0 1.2 89
Energy 10.6 24.7 20.4 8.6 3.2 30.2 2.2 93
Housing and Urban Development 14.7 26.9 8.4 11.8 10.5 25.2 2.5 92
Interior 10.2 15.9 15.6 19.0 7.3 27.9 4.1 114
Justice 1.9 9.9 10.2 12.5 9.9 51.9 3.8 95
Labor 17.0 18.5 17.3 9.9 10.3 24.7 2.3 115
State 4.9 17.9 10.5 20.0 10.0 36.2 0.6 106
Veterans Affairs 19.7 27.5 15.8 7.8 4.5 22.4 2.2 111
Agency for International Development 4.8 10.3 20.6 19.6 7.6 30.5 6.5 67
Forest Service 3.0 20.8 18.2 25.3 5.9 25.9 1.0 119
Agriculture-Excludes Forest Service 8.4 15.1 13.7 14.6 7.9 37.3 3.0 119
Environmental Protection Agency 6.2 10.5 9.1 3.0 3.2 56.7 11.2 96
General Services Administration 2.3 7.2 2.8 2.5 4.5 73.0 7.7 106
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 9.1 15.6 20.3 15.5 8.3 30.0 1.2 95
Health and Human Services-Excludes CMS 7.5 12.8 18.7 7.4 21.0 30.6 2.1 101
Federal Emergency Management Agency 12.1 4.7 19.4 14.2 13.3 36.3 0.0 71
Homeland Security-Excludes FEMA 11.3 16.4 15.5 15.1 5.0 35.8 1.0 115
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 5.5 4.5 2.1 5.2 5.5 66.6 10.6 91
National Science Foundation 1.5 8.6 0.0 3.7 3.4 68.7 14.1 58
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 0.0 7.5 6.2 3.3 1.0 69.3 12.7 94
Office of Personnel Management 4.9 10.2 6.7 4.9 8.6 58.2 6.7 93
Small Business Administration 6.7 6.8 2.1 3.6 3.6 69.9 7.2 107
Social Security Administration 7.2 12.9 7.7 7.7 4.3 53.8 6.4 130
Federal Aviation Administration 14.4 22.0 13.6 18.6 0.0 31.3 0.2 101
Transportation-Excludes FAA 12.3 26.4 21.5 11.1 4.1 23.7 1.0 98
Internal Revenue Service 7.5 10.6 11.0 10.6 6.7 51.1 2.5 139
Treasury-Excludes IRS 6.7 8.8 16.1 19.0 5.7 42.6 1.2 93