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?
i. Setting new or revising existing performance goals

  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 14.0 29.1 23.8 11.3 4.5 7.3 9.9 2,943
Commerce 18.3 22.3 27.3 9.8 5.6 3.7 13.0 115
Defense 10.3 23.9 30.3 13.1 2.9 9.7 9.8 120
Education 19.3 39.9 21.5 6.1 2.4 5.6 5.2 89
Energy 19.2 47.4 20.4 4.4 0.0 4.3 4.4 93
Housing and Urban Development 17.7 38.7 13.9 7.6 5.0 9.2 8.0 92
Interior 14.1 28.4 27.5 13.2 5.1 2.3 9.4 114
Justice 8.7 28.0 24.6 10.2 4.2 7.6 16.7 95
Labor 16.9 26.2 17.0 13.6 8.3 8.0 10.0 115
State 12.0 31.1 21.0 14.6 3.3 4.3 13.6 106
Veterans Affairs 20.9 34.3 21.5 7.7 2.2 5.6 7.8 111
Agency for International Development 23.3 27.2 26.1 9.3 3.3 1.6 9.2 67
Forest Service 7.0 24.2 35.9 20.2 6.7 1.9 4.2 119
Agriculture-Excludes Forest Service 9.2 36.6 24.0 12.6 4.5 8.2 4.9 119
Environmental Protection Agency 17.4 43.3 15.7 9.6 1.1 5.4 7.5 96
General Services Administration 27.1 33.0 10.5 9.0 6.8 6.8 6.8 106
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 19.6 37.0 20.1 10.7 1.2 3.6 7.8 95
Health and Human Services-Excludes CMS 19.7 25.0 16.4 14.7 4.2 7.4 12.6 101
Federal Emergency Management Agency 9.7 40.5 11.8 12.6 3.3 1.7 20.4 71
Homeland Security-Excludes FEMA 14.3 29.3 24.3 10.1 6.0 4.1 11.9 115
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 22.5 42.2 16.0 5.5 3.4 3.1 7.3 91
National Science Foundation 19.3 35.6 22.4 9.8 1.8 1.5 9.5 58
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 31.7 33.1 22.4 4.2 4.3 3.3 1.0 94
Office of Personnel Management 18.4 33.1 19.3 7.9 8.6 2.4 10.3 93
Small Business Administration 18.2 27.6 22.9 12.0 6.8 6.3 6.2 107
Social Security Administration 20.2 27.5 11.9 10.3 7.7 13.7 8.8 130
Federal Aviation Administration 15.7 33.6 20.6 9.7 5.9 5.9 8.5 101
Transportation-Excludes FAA 12.1 41.6 18.6 10.3 6.1 2.1 9.3 98
Internal Revenue Service 14.2 30.6 14.5 12.5 10.8 11.4 5.9 139
Treasury-Excludes IRS 18.9 33.2 19.7 5.5 6.0 8.3 8.3 93