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?
g. Congressional committees

  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 7.2 10.3 14.3 13.3 10.5 43.0 1.4 2,943
Commerce 9.3 10.0 12.2 12.0 9.1 44.5 2.8 115
Defense 3.1 5.2 16.1 11.3 13.7 49.7 1.0 120
Education 1.2 19.4 11.6 12.1 11.0 42.3 2.4 89
Energy 0.0 11.8 22.5 22.5 8.7 33.4 1.0 93
Housing and Urban Development 9.2 17.6 18.5 10.1 13.0 31.5 0.0 92
Interior 4.1 14.5 14.7 16.3 15.5 31.8 3.1 114
Justice 9.9 7.9 8.3 13.6 9.9 48.1 2.3 95
Labor 9.3 9.6 12.5 16.0 8.9 42.4 1.3 115
State 6.1 8.8 20.9 12.1 7.7 43.8 0.6 106
Veterans Affairs 11.6 16.9 17.1 8.8 5.5 35.8 4.4 111
Agency for International Development 10.3 12.0 21.2 29.9 7.0 17.9 1.6 67
Forest Service 5.1 23.7 13.8 23.5 8.9 24.9 0.0 119
Agriculture-Excludes Forest Service 6.9 10.4 14.6 18.3 8.7 41.0 0.0 119
Environmental Protection Agency 11.4 13.9 16.2 18.3 6.2 33.9 0.0 96
General Services Administration 8.3 14.9 13.2 10.2 6.0 47.4 0.0 106
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 6.5 10.9 16.3 19.2 8.3 38.8 0.0 95
Health and Human Services-Excludes CMS 6.4 8.5 9.7 16.3 16.3 41.7 1.1 101
Federal Emergency Management Agency 7.1 16.3 10.0 16.6 15.9 34.1 0.0 71
Homeland Security-Excludes FEMA 8.3 11.1 13.7 15.5 9.4 41.1 1.0 115
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 18.2 13.1 13.4 12.8 9.2 31.9 1.3 91
National Science Foundation 8.9 10.7 19.6 8.6 17.5 33.1 1.5 58
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 10.9 12.6 13.8 14.6 7.5 40.6 0.0 94
Office of Personnel Management 12.8 16.3 7.7 10.2 11.2 41.8 0.0 93
Small Business Administration 7.3 12.0 20.8 13.9 4.6 40.3 1.0 107
Social Security Administration 8.8 13.2 10.4 19.6 6.9 37.8 3.4 130
Federal Aviation Administration 8.9 13.8 21.0 11.3 8.5 36.6 0.0 101
Transportation-Excludes FAA 2.1 14.2 18.4 22.3 6.0 37.0 0.0 98
Internal Revenue Service 15.1 13.3 8.3 9.4 6.5 47.4 0.0 139
Treasury-Excludes IRS 7.8 9.3 9.3 9.0 12.8 51.8 0.0 93