U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Office of Budget
Planning Requirements
The Office of Budget oversees the numerous federal legislative, department, and administration policies and procedures that require the need for multiyear program planning (MYPP). These include Congressional Appropriations, National Energy Policy, and the President's Management Agenda. as well as performance and benefit measures such as the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), and JOULE (a performance measurement tracking system).
The Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) was developed to assess and improve program performance so that the federal government can achieve better results. A PART review helps identify a program's strengths and weaknesses to inform funding and management decisions aimed at making the program more effective.
The Office of Budget performs public benefits analysis, estimating the future benefits of EERE programs under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. While looking at projected benefits, this analysis also retroactively assesses the benefits of past program activities.
JOULE is a program performance tracking system that DOE uses to track progress toward program goals and important accomplishments that are stated as official program R&D targets in the reports to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). JOULE performance measures are incorporated in the annual Congressional budget. Programs are assigned a GREEN, YELLOW, or RED status.
The DOE Annual Performance Report (APR) outlines the department's performance in a given fiscal year against the goals that were set out in the president's proposed budget for that year. The report meets the requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) requirements to report its performance annually.
The Library of Congress provides the status of congressional appropriations legislation for the current fiscal year as well as historical appropriations back to FY 1998. Appropriations for EERE are contained within energy and water legislation. The Library of Congress provides legislative language, House and Senate Committee reports, conference reports and votes, and status of public law.
Directives issued by the Secretary of Energy may occasionally provide guidance on EERE planning.
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