Willamette University

Center for Governance and Public Policy

Willamette University

Government Performance Management Roundtable

2010 OPPMA Performance Measurement Conference
July 13th and 14th, 2010

CHOOSING, MEASURING and USING PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Featuring Beverly Stein on How to Use Performance Measures and Innovation to Improve Outcomes

Willamette University’s Ford Hall

July 13th: OPPMA’s Performance Measurement 101-- an afternoon session covering tools and techniques of the trade.

July 14th: In the morning Keynote Beverly Stein and OPPMA on Service Area Challenges, at lunch an outdoor BBQ Lunch with networking, and afternoon discussions of performance measurement and transparency from perspectives of elected officials and media.

Mail-in registration ends July 9, 2010; on-site registration available the day of the event.

Questions? Email oppma-conference@willamette.edu or call Holly Carson at 503.370.6115.

Registration Forms: Conference Registration | Accessible Form

Link to OPPMA Website: Oregon Public Performance Measurement Association

Past Events:

July 15, 2009 OPPMA Performance Measurement Conference

Morning sessions of performance measurement and reporting training were followed by an afternoon of sessions designed to promote public engagement in data development, performance measurement, and management. Keynote speaker Barbara Cohn Berman of the National Center for Civic Innovation and Center on Government Performance presented material to promote measurement and reporting representative of public perspective and need.

Organized by Oregon Public Performance Measurement Association (OPPMA), Willamette University’s Center for Governance and Public Policy Research, and the Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Network (PPMRN).

Workshop Training Materials:

July 2008 Performance Measurement
& Management Training (GASB) Event

Featuring a keynote address by Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene - "Grading the States: The Mandate to Measure," and sessions on Performance Measurement, Reporting & Auditing, Performance Budgeting, Evaluation & Citizen Engagement, and Performance Management & Benchmarking.

The workshop was co-sponsored by OPPMA - Oregon Public Performance Measurement Association.

Program Summary

Government Accounting Standards Board
(GASB) Event -- July 19, 2006

Reporting on Government Performance: GASB'S Suggested Criteria for Performance Reporting and The AGA Certificate of Excellence in Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting Program -- July 19, 2006

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) published the special report Reporting Performance Information: Suggested Criteria for Effective Communication in August 2003. The primary purpose of this report is to present a set of suggested criteria that state and local governments can use in preparing an effective report on performance information. In July 2005, the GASB published Government Service Efforts and Accomplishments Performance Reports: A Guide to Understanding. The main feature of this publication is a "user's tour" of an SEA performance report to help readers better understand what they are likely to find in a report and to assist them in using the information to assess a government's SEA performance. The session will highlight both publications and the managing for results (MFR) process. The session will also include an overview of GASB's SEA research efforts including efforts to encourage experimentation with the suggested criteria, information about the Association of Government Accountants Certificate of Excellence in Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting Program and the National Center for Civic Innovation Demonstration Grant Program for Performance Reporting, and illustrations of current SEA reports. The GASB's SEA research efforts are funded in part through a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Speaker Bios

The OPPMA Work Session -- April 14, 2006

With the goal of developing this association into a dynamic resource for performance measurement practitioners and users at all levels of government, the work session sought participants who have an interest in working on implementation of goals developed by the OPPMA Steering Committee to foster a collaborative approach for government performance measurement in Oregon. Please see more information about this work session below.

Work Session Agenda
OPPMA Mission, Draft Goals and Actions

Benefits of Participation in OPPMA

Performance measurement practitioners and users from all levels in government will benefit from the Oregon Public Performance Measurement Association. The ability to share knowledge and pool resources will be fundamental for members, enabling them to keep up to date in a field which is developing and moving at a rapid rate.

Participants will be added to a mailing list of people interested in the field of Performance Measurement and Management and will be kept informed of developments within OPPMA and opportunities to collaborate and learn.

There will be opportunities for participants to interact, including opportunities to network at conferences and workshops.  It is anticipated that workshops and seminars will be organized and held by members for members.