HB 1367-S.E - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/19/03)

Finds that performance measurement is integral to the efficient and effective management and operation of state agencies and programs, essential to the achievement of effective interagency cooperation and management, and integral to identifying priorities of government for purposes of funding biennial budgets.

Finds that reviews of outcome and performance measures are necessary for demonstrating the accountability of state government to the public. Thus, the legislature intends to expand its performance measure reviews to provide greater accountability to the public, to ensure that state government has effective measures for assessing and continuously improving performance, and to determine whether targeted funding investments and established priorities of government actually produce the intended and expected services and benefits.

Declares an intent that outcome and performance measures used by state agencies and programs and required by RCW 43.88.090 become a tool for the governor and the legislature in establishing priorities of government and developing biennial budgets.