OMB: While this PMA Learning Agenda will be formally coming to a close, the need for creative partnership and collaboration both within and outside of government remains. Image: David Tran Photo/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffIn a nod to the impending change in control of the White House, performance.gov has argued for building on the “learning agenda” developed under the Biden administration’s President’s Management Agenda.
The learning agenda “was designed to raise critical management learning gaps and to encourage research within, beyond, and in partnership with the Federal Government – the goal of which is the ambitious task of addressing evidence gaps to solve big problems. Its intention, like all learning agendas, was to be a living document that would adjust in light of new and emerging evidence and priorities,” says a posting on the issuance of an annual report on it.
“While this PMA Learning Agenda will be formally coming to a close, the need for creative partnership and collaboration both within and outside of government remains. Only by redoubling our commitment to make evidence-informed decisions and ensuring a deep partnership with the research community, experts, and a broad range of stakeholders can we solve the most challenging management-related questions across government,” it says.
It touted steps in fiscal 2024 including “new strategies to promote consistent evidence-based decision-making, and increased connection and collaboration among researchers, knowledge producers, and decision makers”; holding roundtables “which shared examples of evidence-informed approaches to federal workforce topics” among various stakeholders; and efforts by individual agencies to “develop and expand their own evidence bases.”
It says that the agenda was built around ongoing issues including: “How can the federal government strengthen and empower its workforce, so it can best serve the American people? How can the federal government deliver programs and services effectively and build trust? How can the federal government advance equity and support underserved communities?”
While those were the main elements of the Biden administration’s PMA, the incoming Trump administration is expected to revise those goals, potentially reverting to the PMA of its earlier term. That also stressed customer service but also stressing “mission-driven results” and “effective programs that produce results efficiently.”
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