Current Projects
Housing and Urban Development (posted 11/4/2003)

Client/Funder:
HUD/CBDG

Purpose and Scope:
The Academy will (1) create and test the performance measures for the CDBG program, (2)assess and recommend enhancements to IDIS data, (3)make recommendations to ensure data quality and validity, and (4)deliver the analytical models required to make these measures available for use. The Academy will also develop CDBG performance measures that would allow grantees to report on the immediate outcomes of their CDBG-funded activities.

Please click here for project methodology.

Center:
Center for Improving Government Performance

Project Director:
Terry Buss

Project Status:
Ongoing

Panel:

The public may send comments on the composition of the panel for a period of seven (7) days after the posted date to Alison C. Brown.

Nick Resintas(Chair) - Director, Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University; Lecturer in Housing Studies, JFK School of Government and Harvard Design School, Harvard University. Former Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, U.S. Department of the Treasury; Executive Director, Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation; Director of Policy for the Governor, State of Rhode Island.

Barry White - Director, Government Performance Projects, Council for Excellence in Government. Former positions with U.S. Office of Management and Budget: Deputy Associate Director, Education, Income Maintenance, and Labor; Chief, Education Branch; Budget Examiner, Employment and Training Programs. Former Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Special Assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor; Director, Elementary and Secondary Education Analysis, Office of Planning and Budget, U.S. Department of Education.

Tom Downs - Executive Director, National Center for Smart Growth and Education, University of Maryland College Park. Former Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, National Home Builders Association; President and Chairman, AMTRAK; Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Transportation; President, Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority; City Administrator, Washington, DC; Executive Director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration; Associate Administrator for Planning and Policy Development, Federal Highway Administration.

David F. Garrison - Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Greater Washington Research Program, Center for Urban and Metropolitan Policy, Brookings Institution. Former Vice President, National Academy of Public Administration. Former positions with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Counselor to the Deputy Secretary; Acting Director, Office for Civil Rights; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; Deputy Director and Senior Advisor, Intergovernmental Affairs. Former Director, The Urban Center, Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University. Former positions with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and Research; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and Research. Former Budget Analyst, Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives; Legislative Counsel, National League of Cities/U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Meetings:

Meeting 1: November 12, 2003 - Cancelled
Meeting 2: December 16, 2003 (posted 11/26/03)
Meeting 3: January 15, 2004 (posted 1/16/04)
Meeting 4: February 19, 2004 (posted 2/19/04)
Meeting 5: April 1, 2004 (posted 3/25/04)
Meeting 6: April 21, 2004 (posted 4/16/2004)
Meeting 7: June 21, 2004 (posted 6/10/04)

For information on panel meetings, please contact Alison C. Brown at abrown@napawash.org or by phone at (202) 347-3190.