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USAID policy, under Automated Directives System (ADS) 203.3.2 on performance management, states that USAID missions and their assistance objective teams are responsible for measuring progress toward the results identified in the planning stage to achieve foreign assistance objectives.
Further, ADS states that collecting and analyzing performance information is a principal step in performance management, and missions should be reporting on results in addition to outputs in the later years of an assistance objective. Finally, ADS 203.3.4.2 calls for indicators that are practical and timely.
Performance targets are a critical part of managing for results. ADS 203.3.4.5 states that missions should be willing to be held accountable for targets, and that targets should be ambitious but achievable given USAID and other donor inputs. As stated in USAID’s Performance Monitoring and Evaluation TIPS No. 8, “Establishing Performance Targets,” once a program is underway, targets serve as guideposts for judging whether progress is being made on schedule and at the levels originally envisioned.
For performance data to be useful in managing for results and credible reporting, ADS 203.3.5.1 states that USAID missions should ensure that performance data for each assistance objective meet the data quality standards of validity, integrity, precision, reliability, and timeliness. Additionally, ADS 203.3.5.2 states that data reported to Washington, DC, or externally on agency performance must have had a data quality assessment within the 3 years before submission.
Source: AUDIT REPORT NO. 9-000-10-008-P June 15, 2010
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- Indicators to Measure Higher Level Results - ADS 203.3
- Program’s Indicators, Targets and Goals Should Be Revisited - ADS 203
- Reported Results Did Not Meet Data Quality Standards - ADS 203.3
- Baseline Data, Indicators, and Targets Needed to Measure Progress and Achievement - ADS Chapter 203
- Indicators Do Not Effectively Measure Program Impact - ADS 203.3.2.2 - ADS 200.2.b
- Performance Data Lacked Support - ADS 203.3
- Performance Indicators and Targets Did Not Facilitate Program Management - ADS 203.3
- Thorough Site Visits Not Conducted - ADS 202.3 - Performance Management Toolkit
- Data Quality Assessments Not Completed - ADS 203.3.5 - Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–62) - Performance Management Toolkit
- Performance Management Plan Not Completed - ADS 203.3 - Performance Management Toolkit
- Performance Indicator Definitions Not Consistently Applied - ADS 203.3 - GAO Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government
- Reported Results Were Not Verified – ADS 203.3.5.1. - ADS 202.3.6.
- Partner Implementation Plans Lacked Vital Information – ADS 200.6
- Lack of a Current Performance Management Plan (PMP) - ADS 203.3.3
- Thorough Site Visits Were Not Conducted - ADS 202.3.4.6 - ADS 202.3.6
- Data Quality Assessments Were Not Completed - ADS 203.3.5.2 - Performance and Results Act of 1993
- Performance Management Plan Was Not Completed - ADS 203.3.3
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