Performance

DEFENSE AGENCY PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS

Background:
Defense Reform Initiative Directive (DRID) #23 provides guidance for the establishment of annual performance contracts between the Directors of designated Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities, the Principal Staff Assistants responsible for the respective Agencies or Activities and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Pursuant to this directive Defense Agencies, prepare annual performance contracts for review by the Defense Management Council (DMC).

The Defense Agency Task Force has oversight responsibility for performance contracts, and they provide guidance on the performance contract process. This task force also provides recommendations to the Defense Management Council regarding the contracts and performance results.

Status:
To date, nine DoD organizations have developed annual performance contracts that outline their performance requirements and initiatives. Performance contracts are improved each year and lessons learned are incorporated as the contracts are updated.

Performance contracts are posted on the Defense Agency Task Force web site at www.ra.pae.osd.mil/datf. Also, the task force in conjunction with the Defense Resources Management Institute in Monterey, California, offers a course of instruction on developing performance contracts.

Next Steps:
Beginning in fiscal year 2001 all organizations required to develop performance contracts will submit them to Program Assessment and Evaluation (PA&E) along with their Program Objective Memorandum (POM).

More Information:
For more information on performance contracts view DRI Checkpoint 2000: On the Road to Excellence, Chapter 1.6.

Visit the Defense Agency Task Force website: www.ra.pae.osd.mil/datf [Restricted]