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?
i. Lack of staff who are knowledgeable about gathering and/or analyzing performance information

  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 10.6 20.7 23.3 23.3 16.1 4.8 1.2 2,943
Commerce 8.5 13.3 16.1 26.0 24.9 10.2 0.9 115
Defense 8.9 26.3 24.9 21.6 13.4 4.8 0.2 120
Education 12.5 12.8 22.1 27.9 18.2 5.2 1.2 89
Energy 4.4 15.0 24.7 28.0 22.7 5.3 0.0 93
Housing and Urban Development 9.2 21.4 26.9 16.8 19.3 5.0 1.3 92
Interior 14.9 8.6 23.5 29.2 18.8 2.0 3.1 114
Justice 9.9 17.1 24.6 22.7 17.8 5.7 2.3 95
Labor 4.0 17.3 15.6 22.6 32.5 5.0 3.0 115
State 6.7 19.6 21.8 21.7 23.7 4.8 1.6 106
Veterans Affairs 23.2 23.8 20.0 17.2 12.5 1.1 2.2 111
Agency for International Development 10.9 17.9 31.0 20.1 18.5 1.6 0.0 67
Forest Service 8.9 14.6 29.2 22.9 19.4 4.9 0.0 119
Agriculture-Excludes Forest Service 9.7 11.6 19.8 30.4 22.5 5.9 0.0 119
Environmental Protection Agency 6.4 13.5 34.4 28.9 13.5 3.2 0.0 96
General Services Administration 11.9 20.2 17.1 19.8 22.0 7.9 1.1 106
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7.8 27.4 30.1 20.9 11.4 1.2 1.2 95
Health and Human Services-Excludes CMS 7.9 27.0 27.1 21.1 12.7 4.2 0.0 101
Federal Emergency Management Agency 12.6 28.4 31.0 20.9 3.8 1.7 1.7 71
Homeland Security-Excludes FEMA 16.1 19.6 23.5 25.3 11.4 1.1 3.0 115
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 8.6 18.6 18.6 24.4 24.4 4.2 1.0 91
National Science Foundation 1.8 13.8 15.3 27.6 38.3 1.5 1.5 58
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4.3 12.9 23.3 33.7 22.5 3.3 0.0 94
Office of Personnel Management 6.7 19.1 30.4 22.8 17.4 3.7 0.0 93
Small Business Administration 15.7 20.2 25.0 20.3 9.9 7.3 1.5 107
Social Security Administration 7.0 16.8 24.7 28.7 14.1 6.9 1.7 130
Federal Aviation Administration 7.5 24.3 22.8 25.4 11.3 7.3 1.4 101
Transportation-Excludes FAA 6.2 21.3 27.5 26.5 14.3 3.1 1.0 98
Internal Revenue Service 11.4 20.0 20.2 19.2 18.4 9.8 1.0 139
Treasury-Excludes IRS 5.5 16.9 16.1 30.8 24.7 6.0 0.0 93