What is the Government Performance Summit?

For the past 11 years, federal leaders have gathered to explore the latest mandates and best practices in performance execution and process improvement strategies at our annual Government Performance Summit. The Summit is led by speakers from the upper echelons of government. These expert practitioners have led the way in performance improvement within their agencies and organizations. Attend this prestigious event to gain advice and action-oriented takeaways to begin the reform for performance enhancement within your own agency.

GPS Letter from Jon Desenberg

For the first time since the 1880’s, control of the House, Senate and White House has changed for the third national election in a row. For those involved in managing the government day in and day out, this may be the most challenging political environment in our lifetimes. From a performance management perspective, establishing clear, measurable goals for employees and organizations has become increasingly important, but often by necessity more tactical and incremental in nature.

At The Performance Institute, our annual Government Performance Summit represents the notion that performance and results may be the only consistent idea in Washington that has actually gained momentum, from administration to administration, Republican or Democrat. In the more than 11 years we’ve hosted the Summit, federal performance expertise has grown through such high-priority initiatives as the establishment of both a Chief Performance Officer and agency Performance Improvement Officers, and the growing ability of organizations to tie budgets, predictive modeling, and current analytics together in a unified approach.

Today, with the House of Representatives passing a major update to the Government Performance and Results Act and the Senate following close behind, we see an unparalleled opportunity to more closely connect analytics and better decision making for the entire country. The National Labor-Management Council’s focus on improved organizational metrics has become the foundation for improved management practices; while the Federal Deficit Commission bi-partisan endorsements of improved program evaluation and performance-based budgeting practices has made this issue critical in solving the nation’s fiscal issues. Taken separately, some of these changes may have seemed ordinary, but taken together– in connection with the political groundswell for improved accountability--they cannot be ignored.

This year’s Government Performance Summit represents the coming together of a comprehensive performance program that the Performance Institute has endorsed and led for over a decade. We hope you join us for an important event at a critical juncture in the history of Federal performance management.

Featuring Tracks on:

• Performance Strategy
• Transparency & Accountability
• Talent Solutions
• Strategy Execution
• Data Management
• Visionary Leadership
• Business Intelligence
• Process Excellence