OMB POLICY STATEMENTS
OMB Performance Specialist Demands 'More Mission for the Money'
Agencies must "get a little competitive to find ways to deliver more for less" and give the taxpayer "more mission for the money," the Obama administration's performance-driven management specialist told an audience of federal employees Thursday. President Obama "believes strongly that government makes a difference," said Shelley Metzenbaum, associate director for performance and personnel management at the Office of Management and Budget -- hence the president's challenge to his administration to make government "smarter, leaner and more effective" by using goals, data and regular reviews, she said.