OMB PART Summaries by Strategic Goal - Strategic Goal 2: Counterterrorism


FY 2004 Performance and Accountability Report
Bureau of Resource Management
November 2004
Report

 

Strategic Goal 2: COUNTERTERRORISM

Title or Topic Anti-Terrorism Assistance
Evaluator Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
Department Contact Francis X. Taylor, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS)
Scores and Ratings
  • CY 2002: Moderately Effective
  • CY 2003: Effective
  • CY 2004: Not Reassessed
Major Findings/ Recommendations
  • Seek to improve long-term outcome measure to capture qualitative improvements to host country capabilities.
  • Demonstrate progress on newly developed efficiency measure and incorporate refined measure into the
    FY 2006 budget.
Major Actions Taken or That Will be Taken
  • Working with OMB, Bureau of Counterterrorism has improved long-term outcome measures to better capture improvements in host country capabilities.
  • A revised efficiency measure has been developed and submitted with the PART input for this year's reassessment, and has been approved by OMB.
PART Performance Measures

Long Term Measure:

  • Number of participant countries that achieve a capability to effectively deter, detect and counter terrorist organizations and threats and sustain those capabilities.

Annual Measures:

  • Percentage of United Nations (UN) member states implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1373 that requires all states to take sweeping measures to combat terrorism.
  • Number of planned anti-terrorism courses and number of course evaluations to ensure that skills taught continue to be retained and used after training is completed.
  • Perform consistent and timely reviews of groups designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations pursuant to U.S. law.
Title or Topic Terrorist Interdiction Program (TIP)
Evaluator Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
Department Contact J. Cofer Black, Ambassador, Bureau of Counterterrorism (S/CT)
Scores and Ratings
  • CY 2003: Results Not Demonstrated
  • CY 2004: Effective
Major Findings/ Recommendations
  • Complete program management staff improvements.
  • Develop targets for long-term goal of system installations.
  • Seek to improve long-term outcome measure to capture qualitative improvements to host country capabilities.
  • Demonstrate progress on newly developed efficiency measure and incorporate refined measure into the
    FY 2006 budget.
Major Actions Taken or That Will be Taken
  • Targets have been initially established for long-term goal of providing the TIP watchlisting system to every country on the joint-agency developed "tier list."
  • Improved long-term outcome measures to capture improvements in host country capabilities which have been approved by OMB.
  • A revised efficiency measure has been submitted with the PART input, and has been approved by OMB.
PART Performance Measures

Long Term Measures:

  • Percentage of the highest priority countries capable of screening for terrorists through implementation of the TIP.
  • Percentage of travelers screened by participating nation governments with the TIP's watchlisting system across all sites at which the system is installed. Target is 100% by the year 2009.

Annual Measures:

  • Number of TIP PISCES phased installations completed per yearly appropriation.
  • Annual increase in the number of highest priority foreign ports of entry equipped to conduct terrorist watchlisting in cooperation with the United States.
  • Percentage of foreign government usage of the TIP's watchlisting system across all sites where the system is installed.

 


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