Q8. For those program(s)/operation(s)/project(s) that you are involved with, to what extent, if at all, do you use the information obtained from performance measurement when participating in the following activities?
h. Refining program performance measures

  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 12.4 25.6 25.3 14.6 4.2 8.3 9.6 2,943
Commerce 16.3 27.5 24.5 9.8 6.1 4.6 11.1 115
Defense 9.2 22.1 29.3 18.7 1.1 10.6 8.9 120
Education 16.8 41.5 19.1 8.1 2.4 5.6 6.4 89
Energy 14.0 45.1 26.9 4.4 1.1 4.3 4.4 93
Housing and Urban Development 11.8 42.0 16.4 7.6 6.3 9.2 6.7 92
Interior 13.1 23.3 28.6 16.3 6.1 5.3 7.3 114
Justice 10.2 25.4 19.7 13.3 4.2 8.3 18.9 95
Labor 12.9 25.9 20.0 16.6 9.3 8.0 7.3 115
State 13.7 26.6 23.1 17.6 1.1 5.4 12.6 106
Veterans Affairs 20.9 28.6 23.8 8.8 3.3 6.7 7.8 111
Agency for International Development 21.2 29.3 23.9 8.2 6.5 1.6 9.2 67
Forest Service 7.6 18.7 34.0 24.1 8.6 2.9 4.2 119
Agriculture-Excludes Forest Service 11.2 21.8 37.1 11.9 4.2 8.9 4.9 119
Environmental Protection Agency 10.1 44.2 18.0 11.6 2.1 6.4 7.5 96
General Services Administration 20.2 30.7 17.5 10.2 7.9 6.8 6.8 106
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 19.6 25.8 28.9 13.6 1.2 3.6 7.3 95
Health and Human Services-Excludes CMS 18.7 22.4 19.0 16.8 5.3 6.3 11.6 101
Federal Emergency Management Agency 10.2 28.0 25.1 12.6 2.1 3.3 18.7 71
Homeland Security-Excludes FEMA 9.6 25.1 30.3 13.1 6.0 4.1 11.9 115
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 18.0 35.2 28.8 3.1 4.5 3.1 7.3 91
National Science Foundation 13.8 28.5 35.0 6.7 3.4 3.1 9.5 58
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 27.3 33.2 25.6 7.5 2.1 3.3 1.0 94
Office of Personnel Management 12.5 33.0 19.3 10.9 8.6 4.9 11.0 93
Small Business Administration 10.9 25.5 35.5 7.8 7.8 6.8 5.7 107
Social Security Administration 12.6 28.4 13.4 13.7 8.6 12.9 10.5 130
Federal Aviation Administration 14.7 24.1 22.8 15.6 5.9 8.3 8.5 101
Transportation-Excludes FAA 10.2 37.6 24.5 9.2 7.2 3.1 8.3 98
Internal Revenue Service 12.4 23.5 17.7 16.3 9.2 14.9 5.9 139
Treasury-Excludes IRS 18.5 33.0 18.1 6.7 4.8 11.9 7.1 93