Identifying Public Benefits: Using Estimates of Benefits...

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Identifying Public BenefitsUsing Estimates of
Benefits...

• Identifying Public Benefits Using Estimates of
  Benefits to Improve Performance and Build Support
• Joseph S. Wholey
  University of Southern California
• Prepared for the Conference on Estimating the
  Benefits of Government-Sponsored Energy RD
  Arlington, Virginia,
  March 4-5, 2002

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Overview of Presentation

• Background
• Dangers and Opportunities for Energy RD
• Identifying Public Benefits Meeting the
  Performance Measurement Challenges
• Using Estimates of Benefits to Improve
  Performance and Build Support

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Dangers and Opportunities for Energy RD

• The Budget and Policy Context
• Perf-Based Management and GPRA
• Perf-Based Mgt in Crosscutting Programs
• Performance Measurement Challenges in RD
  Programs
• Implications of the Presidents Management Agenda
• Implications of the FY 2003 Budget

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Identifying Public Benefits Mtg the Perf
Measurement Challenges

• The Energy Department and Its Partners Can Meet
  the Performance Measurement Challenges
• Developing a Framework for Identifying the
  Benefits of Government-Sponsored Energy RD
  Inputs, Outputs, Intermediate Outcomes, End
  Outcomes, Net Impacts, Net Benefits

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Identifying Public Benefits Mtg the Perf
Measurement Challenges

• Developing Improvements to Current Methods of
  Estimating the Benefits of Energy Resource and
  Science RD Inputs, Outputs, Intermediate
  Outcomes, End Outcomes, Net Impacts, Net Benefits
• Estimating the Benefits of Energy Resource and
  Science RD Measuring and Evaluating Inputs,
  Outputs, Intermediate Outcomes..., Net Impacts,
  Net Benefits

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Using Estimates of Benefits to Improve Perf and
Build Support

• The Energy Department and Its Partners Can Use
  Estimates of Benefits to Improve Performance in,
  and Build Support for, Energy Resource and
  Science RD
• Using Financial and Non-Financial Incentives
• Improving RD Planning and Evaluation
• Redesigning Agency and Program Management Systems
  to Focus on Results

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Using Estimates of Benefits to Improve Perf and
Build Support

• Developing Partnerships with Public and Private
  Organizations to Improve Performance
• Improving Program Effectiveness
• Building Confidence and Support
• Improving Resource Allocation within DOE
  Programs, within DOE, within Government
• Improving Policy Decisionmaking

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Responses to Questions and Comments

• Dangers and Opportunities for Energy RD
• Identifying Public Benefits Meeting the
  Performance Measurement Challenges
• Using Estimates of Benefits to Improve
  Performance and Build Support