RD31 - Annual Report on the Virginia Scoreboard


Executive Summary:
Introduction:

Over the past year, significant advances were made in the way Virginia state government plans for the future. Each state agency developed an overall strategic plan for managing its operations and developed individual plans for the service areas within the agency that provide programs, products or services to Virginia’s citizens or provide internal support for those services. As part of the planning process, agencies established strategic goals and objectives and determined how to measure progress against them. Baseline data were obtained to determine the current level of performance so that performance targets and budgets could be established. This new process established performance-based budgeting in Virginia by linking agency plans to their budgets at a service area level.

The ultimate aim of performance budgeting is simple – to improve decision-making, policy-making and results. It is based on a simple idea: you can’t manage – or improve – what you don’t measure.