Audit of Department of Justice’s Key Indicators, Audit 08-18, March 2008: “Integrating budget and performance has been an important
government initiative to ensure “that performance is routinely considered in funding and management decisions, and that programs achieve expected results and work toward continual improvement.” To measure performance, federal agencies develop long-term strategic plans to provide the President, Congress, and the public an overview of the challenges agencies face and their goals and objectives for meeting these challenges.”