WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) and Tom Carper (D-DE) will hold a joint hearing entitled Roadmap for a More Efficient and Accountable Federal Government: Implementing the GPRA Modernization Act.  

The hearing will be webcast live at: hsgac.senate.gov  

On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed into law the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-352), which enhances and refines the requirements of the landmark Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (P.L. 103-62). The new law modernizes the Federal government's performance management framework by requiring:

• A more coordinated and crosscutting approach to achieving meaningful results;
• Long-term efforts to improve major management functions at agencies; 
• Performance information be both useful and used in agency decision making; 
• The establishment of a single governmentwide website to feature performance information; 
• Sustained leadership commitment and accountability for improving agency performance; and 
• Congressional consultation to identify management and performance goals to address.  

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management,
the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
Senator Daniel K. Akaka, Chairman
&
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management,
Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
Senator Tom Carper, Chairman 

Roadmap for a More Efficient and Accountable Federal Government:
Implementing the GPRA Modernization Act  

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building  

WITNESSES:
Hon. Jeffrey D. Zients, Federal Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Hon. Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Mr. Robert J. Shea, Former Associate Director for Administration and Government Performance, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Dr. Paul L. Posner, Professor and Director, Public Administration Program, George Mason University
Mr. Jonathan D. Breul, Executive Director, IBM Center for the Business of Government  

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