GPRA and Its Significance to the Acquisition Workforce

<p>Whether you call it management by objective balanced scorecard or total quality management the principles of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) makes good business sense. However GPRA is not just a fly by night concept it is the law; slowly taking hold and continuing to evolve. The purpose of GPRA is to ascertain whether an organization is operating efficiently and effectively. Even though the requirements of GPRA apply to federal agency heads the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP) should embrace its intent. The purpose of this research paper is to discuss the concept of GPRA develop and link goals and performance measures to key APDP processes and provide recommendations to ensure coninuity of the program and overcome the challenges regarding GPRA requirements. Many organizations are struggling with the principles of GPRA and are wrestling with the development collection and analysis of performance measures.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>