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? |
g. Difficulty distinguishing between the results produced by the program and results caused by other factors |
| 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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Agencies | 7.4 | 17.7 | 25.0 | 27.9 | 14.2 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 2,943 |
| Commerce | 4.8 | 16.3 | 22.6 | 26.0 | 17.3 | 12.1 | 0.9 | 115 |
| Defense | 6.0 | 17.3 | 24.4 | 33.7 | 11.9 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 120 |
| Education | 16.4 | 19.7 | 21.8 | 23.9 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 89 |
| Energy | 7.5 | 17.2 | 24.7 | 24.7 | 16.1 | 8.7 | 1.1 | 93 |
| Housing and Urban Development | 12.2 | 11.8 | 29.8 | 19.3 | 14.7 | 10.9 | 1.3 | 92 |
| Interior | 11.3 | 17.1 | 20.0 | 27.5 | 16.9 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 114 |
| Justice | 5.7 | 17.4 | 19.3 | 29.2 | 18.2 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 95 |
| Labor | 11.9 | 18.7 | 21.6 | 20.9 | 19.9 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 115 |
| State | 14.3 | 13.2 | 28.9 | 21.3 | 8.2 | 12.5 | 1.6 | 106 |
| Veterans Affairs | 5.6 | 21.2 | 30.8 | 20.8 | 17.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 111 |
| Agency for International Development | 13.6 | 30.4 | 31.5 | 11.5 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 67 |
| Forest Service | 7.6 | 18.4 | 19.5 | 27.3 | 18.4 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 119 |
| Agriculture-Excludes Forest Service | 6.7 | 17.1 | 30.0 | 23.7 | 15.6 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 119 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 13.4 | 27.8 | 23.0 | 20.0 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 96 |
| General Services Administration | 8.1 | 15.1 | 32.8 | 17.3 | 18.8 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 106 |
| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | 9.5 | 15.8 | 34.2 | 20.1 | 15.5 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 95 |
| Health and Human Services-Excludes CMS | 12.1 | 20.8 | 24.4 | 28.0 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 101 |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency | 5.9 | 19.7 | 42.7 | 17.1 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 71 |
| Homeland Security-Excludes FEMA | 8.0 | 15.5 | 28.6 | 29.6 | 10.4 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 115 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 5.5 | 10.3 | 24.6 | 27.6 | 25.5 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 91 |
| National Science Foundation | 10.4 | 15.3 | 24.5 | 18.4 | 24.8 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 58 |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | 5.4 | 14.7 | 17.9 | 34.2 | 20.2 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 94 |
| Office of Personnel Management | 9.1 | 17.5 | 22.2 | 24.0 | 18.6 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 93 |
| Small Business Administration | 10.4 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 19.8 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 107 |
| Social Security Administration | 1.2 | 5.7 | 25.8 | 36.3 | 23.3 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 130 |
| Federal Aviation Administration | 6.5 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 26.5 | 13.8 | 9.9 | 0.2 | 101 |
| Transportation-Excludes FAA | 17.3 | 24.7 | 26.3 | 18.4 | 9.2 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 98 |
| Internal Revenue Service | 10.2 | 26.8 | 28.8 | 15.7 | 11.0 | 6.7 | 0.8 | 139 |
| Treasury-Excludes IRS | 8.5 | 7.8 | 21.4 | 37.3 | 19.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 93 |