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?
j. Lack of ongoing top executive commitment or support for using performance information to make program/funding decisions

  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 7.1 15.2 18.3 24.6 25.1 8.7 1.0 2,943
Commerce 10.8 12.6 13.5 26.9 24.1 11.1 0.9 115
Defense 5.0 20.5 19.0 26.5 21.3 7.7 0.0 120
Education 14.2 11.7 29.0 16.6 18.8 8.4 1.2 89
Energy 4.3 8.7 19.4 22.5 35.4 9.7 0.0 93
Housing and Urban Development 9.7 14.3 18.1 18.9 27.7 11.3 0.0 92
Interior 9.4 10.4 18.4 21.2 25.1 12.4 3.1 114
Justice 4.6 16.7 23.9 15.9 26.9 9.9 2.3 95
Labor 10.6 8.6 10.6 17.9 38.2 12.0 2.0 115
State 13.7 9.6 18.7 30.0 17.1 9.2 1.6 106
Veterans Affairs 3.3 10.2 8.9 36.9 32.8 4.7 3.3 111
Agency for International Development 21.8 13.1 19.6 17.4 23.9 4.3 0.0 67
Forest Service 11.8 16.9 19.4 26.9 20.2 4.9 0.0 119
Agriculture-Excludes Forest Service 13.4 13.1 17.3 28.2 21.8 5.2 1.0 119
Environmental Protection Agency 2.1 14.6 18.3 29.4 28.0 7.5 0.0 96
General Services Administration 9.4 12.8 9.6 22.8 36.3 7.9 1.1 106
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7.3 16.7 18.2 24.1 28.4 3.6 1.7 95
Health and Human Services-Excludes CMS 11.1 15.3 22.3 23.7 18.2 9.5 0.0 101
Federal Emergency Management Agency 24.2 24.2 12.1 15.6 17.3 5.0 1.7 71
Homeland Security-Excludes FEMA 11.9 10.1 22.3 25.5 23.1 5.1 2.0 115
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 5.5 13.1 11.8 22.8 35.3 10.4 1.0 91
National Science Foundation 5.2 13.2 8.6 18.7 47.2 3.7 3.4 58
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4.2 4.4 11.6 28.7 47.8 2.2 1.1 94
Office of Personnel Management 6.1 13.5 17.4 19.3 29.8 14.0 0.0 93
Small Business Administration 11.0 10.4 24.9 22.4 22.4 8.4 0.5 107
Social Security Administration 2.6 12.9 13.0 24.1 35.5 10.3 1.7 130
Federal Aviation Administration 7.3 18.0 23.1 22.3 19.3 9.7 0.2 101
Transportation-Excludes FAA 5.2 8.3 25.5 16.2 37.7 6.2 1.0 98
Internal Revenue Service 7.8 15.5 15.1 18.6 23.7 19.2 0.2 139
Treasury-Excludes IRS 1.2 11.6 18.1 24.2 38.9 6.0 0.0 93