Q9. Based on your experience with the program(s)/operation(s)/project(s) that you are involved with, to what extent, if at all, have the following factors hindered measuring performance or using the performance information?
b. Different parties are using different definitions to measure performance

  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 11.6 23.4 25.4 22.1 10.3 6.2 1.1 2,943
Commerce 9.1 12.8 25.6 26.3 15.0 9.3 1.9 115
Defense 13.9 25.3 24.2 24.5 5.2 6.0 1.0 120
Education 7.6 35.0 20.2 17.4 14.2 3.2 2.4 89
Energy 4.3 22.7 24.6 28.1 12.9 7.5 0.0 93
Housing and Urban Development 13.9 14.7 21.4 13.5 20.2 16.4 0.0 92
Interior 13.1 25.3 23.5 19.2 14.7 2.3 2.0 114
Justice 8.0 25.8 23.9 24.6 12.9 3.8 1.1 95
Labor 8.0 18.6 23.3 19.5 18.6 10.0 2.0 115
State 10.5 21.0 27.6 18.7 9.2 11.4 1.6 106
Veterans Affairs 11.0 20.5 27.4 18.4 14.7 3.6 4.4 111
Agency for International Development 14.7 27.1 25.6 18.5 9.3 4.9 0.0 67
Forest Service 14.4 26.0 24.6 20.5 9.5 4.9 0.0 119
Agriculture-Excludes Forest Service 6.2 19.3 35.9 23.3 10.1 5.2 0.0 119
Environmental Protection Agency 8.4 27.1 29.2 22.6 8.4 4.3 0.0 96
General Services Administration 11.3 20.3 19.6 21.9 15.6 11.3 0.0 106
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 11.7 28.1 25.3 12.4 14.1 8.5 0.0 95
Health and Human Services-Excludes CMS 11.2 20.7 33.3 16.4 10.5 7.9 0.0 101
Federal Emergency Management Agency 21.3 27.5 28.0 16.6 1.7 3.3 1.7 71
Homeland Security-Excludes FEMA 13.9 27.6 26.8 16.8 7.0 7.0 1.0 115
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 12.1 21.0 27.3 20.6 16.0 2.1 1.0 91
National Science Foundation 6.7 18.7 21.5 19.0 23.9 8.6 1.5 58
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7.6 12.5 28.6 25.6 20.4 5.3 0.0 94
Office of Personnel Management 9.6 23.6 32.4 21.7 8.9 3.7 0.0 93
Small Business Administration 8.9 21.3 30.2 19.8 8.8 10.5 0.5 107
Social Security Administration 5.1 15.3 21.5 34.0 16.4 6.0 1.7 130
Federal Aviation Administration 16.0 23.0 24.5 17.6 10.1 8.7 0.2 101
Transportation-Excludes FAA 4.1 25.4 29.6 24.5 13.3 3.1 0.0 98
Internal Revenue Service 12.5 26.1 22.9 18.1 12.2 7.4 0.8 139
Treasury-Excludes IRS 6.7 16.9 23.0 32.6 13.5 7.4 0.0 93