- acquisition
includes the addition of land, sites, equipment, structures, facilities, or rolling stock by purchase, lease-purchase, trade, or donation;
- advisory and assistance services
means the following services when provided by nongovernmental sources:
- agency
has the same meaning as such term is defined under section 306(f) of title 5;
- appropriations
means appropriated amounts and includes, in appropriate context—
- budget justification materials
has the meaning given the term in section 3(b)(2) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note;
- construction
includes the design, planning, and erection of new structures and facilities, the expansion of existing structures and facilities, the reconstruction of a project at an existing site or adjacent to an existing site, and the installation of initial and replacement equipment for such structures and facilities;
- covered goal
means a goal or objective established in the strategic plan of the agency under section 306(a) of title 5.
- crosscutting
means across organizational (such as agency) boundaries;
- customer service measure
means an assessment of service delivery to a customer, client, citizen, or other recipient, which can include an assessment of quality, timeliness, and satisfaction among other factors;
- efficiency measure
means a ratio of a program activity’s inputs (such as costs or hours worked by employees) to its outputs (amount of products or services delivered) or outcomes (the desired results of a program);
- Federal financial assistance
has the meaning given that term under section 7501;
- major management challenge
means programs or management functions, within or across agencies, that have greater vulnerability to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement (such as issues identified by the Government Accountability Office as high risk or issues identified by an Inspector General) where a failure to perform well could seriously affect the ability of an agency or the Government to achieve its mission or goals;
- milestone
means a scheduled event signifying the completion of a major deliverable or a set of related deliverables or a phase of work;
- open Government data asset
has the meaning given that term under section 3502 of title 44;
- outcome measure
means an assessment of the results of a program activity compared to its intended purpose;
- output measure
means the tabulation, calculation, or recording of activity or effort that can be expressed in a quantitative or qualitative manner;
- performance goal
means a target level of performance expressed as a tangible, measurable objective, against which actual achievement can be compared, including a goal expressed as a quantitative standard, value, or rate;
- performance indicator
means a particular value or characteristic used to measure output or outcome;
- plan or report
means any plan or report submitted to Congress, any committee of Congress, or subcommittee thereof, by not less than 1 agency—
- program
means a single program activity or an organized set of aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated program activities by one or more agencies directed toward a common purpose or goal;
- program activity
means a specific activity or project as listed in the program and financing schedules of the annual budget of the United States Government;
- program evaluation
means an assessment, through objective measurement and systematic analysis, of the manner and extent to which Federal programs achieve intended objectives.
- recurring plan or report
means a plan or report submitted on a recurring basis.
- rehabilitation
includes the alteration of or correction of deficiencies in an existing structure or facility so as to extend the useful life or improve the effectiveness of the structure or facility, the modernization or replacement of equipment at an existing structure or facility, and the modernization of, or replacement of parts for, rolling stock.