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?
b. Agency head other than 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 13.8 21.0 17.0 11.8 4.6 29.6 2.2 2,943
Commerce 18.4 18.3 16.1 11.3 3.7 29.3 2.8 115
Defense 9.4 15.2 17.7 14.0 5.8 36.9 1.0 120
Education 12.5 20.6 17.4 9.3 7.3 24.6 8.3 89
Energy 13.9 27.0 23.7 5.3 2.2 24.8 3.2 93
Housing and Urban Development 19.8 26.1 9.2 10.1 4.2 23.5 7.1 92
Interior 11.4 20.8 19.6 14.9 3.1 24.9 5.3 114
Justice 8.3 24.2 15.9 11.4 6.8 31.1 2.3 95
Labor 19.3 27.8 17.0 10.2 5.0 18.7 2.0 115
State 9.2 15.7 12.0 7.8 6.5 41.2 7.7 106
Veterans Affairs 20.6 26.3 15.5 6.7 2.3 25.0 3.4 111
Agency for International Development 7.0 25.0 26.6 18.5 7.6 14.2 1.1 67
Forest Service 4.0 23.1 24.5 20.5 3.2 20.9 3.8 119
Agriculture-Excludes Forest Service 8.2 19.1 16.8 14.4 5.2 34.1 2.2 119
Environmental Protection Agency 28.4 26.9 18.0 5.2 2.0 16.8 2.8 96
General Services Administration 22.1 25.6 14.3 8.1 2.5 25.0 2.5 106
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 14.4 18.0 29.6 10.9 2.9 23.0 1.2 95
Health and Human Services-Excludes CMS 9.2 18.5 20.7 15.3 9.5 25.2 1.6 101
Federal Emergency Management Agency 12.1 15.6 23.0 11.8 12.1 22.0 3.3 71
Homeland Security-Excludes FEMA 19.0 20.3 17.1 12.1 4.0 26.6 1.0 115
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 25.6 28.3 17.9 6.3 3.1 18.8 0.0 91
National Science Foundation 23.3 31.3 12.3 15.3 3.4 14.4 0.0 58
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 22.1 39.3 15.9 3.2 2.1 17.3 0.0 94
Office of Personnel Management 30.5 27.7 12.6 6.7 7.3 15.2 0.0 93
Small Business Administration 34.3 23.9 9.9 6.2 4.7 17.3 3.6 107
Social Security Administration 22.1 27.3 12.4 8.6 3.4 21.8 4.5 130
Federal Aviation Administration 18.7 29.3 17.0 11.9 1.2 19.4 2.6 101
Transportation-Excludes FAA 16.2 30.7 21.3 11.2 4.1 15.5 1.0 98
Internal Revenue Service 13.8 19.6 14.5 10.0 3.3 38.0 0.8 139
Treasury-Excludes IRS 15.4 29.4 14.0 13.3 3.1 21.6 3.1 93