Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability

Status Report on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Initial Efforts in Performance-Based Program Budgeting

Report 96-47, February 1997




Report Summary

  • The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has taken advantage of the performance-based program budgeting process to reorganize operations and restructure its delivery of services to improve accountability.
  • Given the nature of FDLE's work, developing good measures to assess FDLE's performance is complicated. Identifying better measures may not be possible until FDLE, the Legislature, and OPPAGA apply the measures and learn through experience how they can be improved to assist policy and budget decisions.
  • FDLE's proposed fiscal year 1997-98 measures represent an improvement over the interim measures used for fiscal year 1996-97. FDLE plans to continue to revise and improve its measures to provide the Legislature more useful information for making policy and budget decisions.

Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
government, government support, performance measures, performance budgeting