Ensuring Accountability: Assessing the Impact of Mission-Support Programs

On November 9, 2011, the Academy and Federal Management Partners will host a discussion on the topic of assessing the impact of mission-support functions (human resources, financial management, information technology and acquisition).

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  John Kamensky, Senior Fellow with the IBM Center for The Business of Government

WHAT:

This half-day session will  feature a keynote address and a roundtable discussion  on:

• Clarifying the role of mission-support functions in enhancing agency missions;
• Identifying existing strategies and tools for assessing the effectiveness and impact of mission-support  functions; and
• Identifying gaps in existing measurement techniques and possible standards and criteria for
  assessing the impact of these programs.

WHY:

While significant progress has been made over the past two decades to ensure accountability in critical mission-support programs, there has been little effort to  provide agencies with specific guidance or a defined methodology for determining the actual impact of these programs on an agency’s overall performance. In the face of ever-shrinking resources and anticipated steep  budget reductions, it is important to begin to define clear strategies and tools to help federal agencies formally assess the impact of these programs.

WHEN:

November 9, 2011; 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

WHERE:

National Academy of Public Administration;  900 7th Street, N.W., Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20001

TO ATTEND:

Send an email to aprice@napawash.org by COB November 2, 2011.

TO CONFIRM ATTENDANCE:

Send an email to aprice@napawash.org