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Robert J. TuccilloAssociate Administrator for Budget and Policy/Chief Financial Officer

Performance-Based Reauthorization

AASHTO Washington Briefing 2010

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A performance-focused organization builds on a holistic approach, with all elements and activities focused on achieving results

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Functional vs. Customer-focused

NetworksHardware

Customer-focusedInternal/ExternalBPR 10-step

CompetenciesRewards/Compensation

Define and gauge progress toward goals

ApplicationsInfrastructure

TrainingCulture Workforce Planning

Roles/ Responsibilities

Performance Management “Strategic Framework”

MISSION, VISION, AND GOALS DESIRED RESULTS

Focused On…

People Performance Measures

Organizational Structure

Processes

Technology

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DOT Strategic Planning

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Lagging Indicators

• Performance measures representing consequences of previous actions

• End of period results

Consolidated Financial

Statements

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Quarterly Progress Reports

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Finance & Performance…

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Special Analysis

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Transit Fatalities Over Time

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Progress in Meeting ADA

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Leading Indicators

• Leading indicator:– Insight/warning into future event– Take action to achieve outcome or

avoid unwanted outcome

• Key advantages:– Manage against potential future

outcomes (don’t wait to fail)– Be proactive not reactive to emerging

trends

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

A low-fuel warning light on a car dashboard

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Trend Analysis

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• Industry conditions and sources of funding

• Economic modeling 20 years into the future to define investment options

Industry Outlook & Needs Forecast

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Predicting the Future of Transit Assets

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30% of vehicles pastdesign life by 2016

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National Transit Database(665 Agencies – 388 data elements)

• Institutional Description (29 questions)• Revenues (52 questions)• Expenditures (91 questions)• Capital Assets (64 questions)• Transit Service (93 questions)• Route Segment (16 questions)• Resource Consumption (43 questions)• Safety & Security (all major and minor incidents)

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AGA Report on Performance Based Management

FTA and US Coast Guard Featured Pilot Agencies in Report FTA Results:

– Clearer vision of how to tie financial information to performance metrics

– Better display of the relationship between outputs and the growing demand for transit services

– Potential to provide FTA with better indicators on when organizational processes need to be improved

– More robust integrated decision-making

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Performance Based Management Allocate Funding to Societal Outcomes

Grants & local match

Grant delivery and oversight

Replace & rehabilitate assets

Transit assets provide safe and efficient service

More people use transit

Input Processes/Activities Outputs Intermediate

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Improve Transparency with Citizen Centric Report