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Welcome to the NIH Systemic Assessments Homepage!

The Systemic Assessments Branch (SAB), within the Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives (OPASI), coordinates program performance activities across all of NIH. These activities include assessing and evaluating program performance through several federally-mandated reporting mechanisms. These mechanisms include the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), and the Performance and Accountability Report (PAR). Although several reporting mechanisms exist, nearly all assess progress and performance through specific GPRA goals.

This homepage provides a convenient, centralized location for GPRA planning and performance, as well as related information. Information includes resources for developing and writing GPRA performance goals, measuring and justifying organizational/program performance, and providing accessibility to related current and archived performance reports and highlights.

GPRA Overview
The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) is a public bipartisan law passed by Congress in 1993, enacted to improve stewardship in the Federal Government, linking resources and management decisions with program performance. (See more)

	NIH GPRA Goals Learn more about NIH Performance by viewing NIH’s GPRA Goals. NIH GPRA Goals are organized by functional area. Results of performance can be seen in the Measures and Results Summary Table. (See more)

	FY 2009 NIH Online Performance Appendix The FY 2009 Online Performance Appendix contains the FY 2009 plan / FY 2007 GPRA Performance Report. (see Online Performance Appendix on the NIH Budget Request page).(See more)

Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
The Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) provides a means to assess program performance. PART asks a series of questions aimed at effective program management. (See more)

Performance and Accountability Report (PAR)
NIH supports One HHS. Reporting NIH performance for the One HHS Annual Plan occurs through PAR and Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). (See more)

Scorecard

The Executive Branch Management Scorecard tracks how well the departments and major agencies are executing the five government-wide management initiatives from the President’s Management Agenda (PMA). (See more)