Performance management and reporting: Progress report and a case study
Overview
The Victorian Performance Management and Reporting Framework is designed to enhance public sector accountability and to drive the achievement of the government’s objectives by aligning the resource allocation process with environmental, social and economic policy objectives. Continued development and implementation of the Framework is important. This is the third report on this issue. Delays in finalisation of the Framework have made it difficult to provide audit assurance on performance indicators measuring achievement against agency objectives, and have delayed the achievement of intended benefits of the Framework.
This report acknowledges the recent achievements but notes that: the government’s policy objectives encompass a broader range of government outcomes than those identified in Growing Victoria Together. It is critically important that a focus on Growing Victoria Together outcomes does not create a "blind spot" in respect of the many other important outcomes for which a government is responsible and the Framework continues not to encompass the activities of outer budget sector agencies. This report suggests aggregation of performance information at the ministerial portfolio level to avoid over concentration on departmental performance, and key reporting requirements, set out in the Directions of the Minister for Finance, do not sufficiently require agencies to report against performance indicators in their annual reports to Parliament.