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?
l. Difficulty determining how to use performance information to improve the program

  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 5.3 11.5 24.9 29.3 20.6 7.2 1.2 2,943
Commerce 5.2 10.6 26.0 26.9 21.2 9.3 0.9 115
Defense 4.2 7.3 24.5 35.7 18.7 9.7 0.0 120
Education 5.2 12.1 24.3 27.8 19.4 7.6 3.7 89
Energy 0.0 6.4 22.8 46.0 19.4 5.4 0.0 93
Housing and Urban Development 8.4 11.4 21.0 24.4 22.3 12.6 0.0 92
Interior 8.4 18.6 20.2 24.5 22.0 3.3 3.1 114
Justice 6.8 13.6 22.4 23.9 26.5 4.6 2.3 95
Labor 4.3 12.6 18.3 32.5 25.3 5.0 2.0 115
State 8.1 4.0 20.9 35.7 16.8 12.8 1.6 106
Veterans Affairs 3.6 10.0 21.6 30.5 27.4 2.5 4.4 111
Agency for International Development 6.0 12.0 23.9 35.9 18.5 3.8 0.0 67
Forest Service 6.1 24.1 20.3 33.9 12.5 3.0 0.0 119
Agriculture-Excludes Forest Service 5.5 14.1 25.0 30.0 18.3 6.2 1.0 119
Environmental Protection Agency 5.4 18.9 22.8 27.6 21.1 4.3 0.0 96
General Services Administration 6.8 16.0 20.9 25.2 24.3 5.6 1.1 106
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 10.2 13.1 27.7 25.0 20.4 2.4 1.2 95
Health and Human Services-Excludes CMS 8.4 9.6 29.5 28.1 14.3 10.0 0.0 101
Federal Emergency Management Agency 5.4 10.9 26.1 34.6 17.5 3.8 1.7 71
Homeland Security-Excludes FEMA 7.0 13.9 32.7 24.8 13.7 6.0 2.0 115
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 3.1 15.5 19.7 27.9 28.3 3.1 2.4 91
National Science Foundation 4.9 5.5 31.0 22.1 30.1 4.9 1.5 58
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2.1 6.6 20.0 41.4 26.7 3.2 0.0 94
Office of Personnel Management 4.2 10.2 23.5 26.6 28.2 7.3 0.0 93
Small Business Administration 6.3 11.4 28.7 27.5 15.1 10.5 0.5 107
Social Security Administration 0.9 12.4 23.6 26.1 24.3 12.0 0.9 130
Federal Aviation Administration 4.9 15.8 33.7 17.7 19.1 8.5 0.2 101
Transportation-Excludes FAA 7.2 12.4 26.4 29.5 22.5 1.0 1.0 98
Internal Revenue Service 6.5 13.7 27.1 23.1 21.0 7.6 1.0 139
Treasury-Excludes IRS 3.1 9.0 22.6 24.2 32.0 6.7 2.4 93