Public Sector Performance Management - Federal Priority Goals , February 13 , 2026
Public Sector Performance Management - Federal Priority Goals , February 13 , 2026
From the document: "The U.S. Government administers and provides an immense range of services for the American people – from social security and disability payments to national defense. To improve government program execution and promote sustainable progress, Congress enacted the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) in 1993. The GPRA institutionalized program management principles within the federal government, such as agency strategic planning, performance measurement, and reporting of program outcomes. In 2010, Congress passed the GPRA Modernization Act (GPRAMA), requiring the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish a series of “federal priority goals,” or Cross Agency Priorities (CAP). Such priority goals must be 1) “outcome-oriented goals covering a limited number of crosscutting policy areas; and 2) goals for management improvements needed across the federal government.”
Each Presidential Administration has sought to improve government performance management through the development of strategic goals and plans in compliance with GPRA and GPRAMA.
The table on the next page tracks the CAP goals of the most recent five Presidential administrations in six core enterprise management pillars: workforce, acquisition, financial, IT and data, customer service and other. The table is followed by a longer document describing the content of each CAP goal, as it was articulated in the President’s Management Agenda (PMA) published in the first year of the President’s term."
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