Establish Performance Criteria for IGs

3. Establish performance criteria for IG's. (1)

The President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency and the Executive
Council on Integrity and Efficiency--along with input from the Office of
Management and Budget--should establish criteria for judging IG
performance. While the National Performance Review recommends the use of
performance agreements for senior-level political appointees,(13) IG's
should be exempted from performance agreements because these agreements
may create the appearance of interfering with the independence of IG
offices. By having the IG's develop their own performance measures
through the PCIE and ECIE, the appearance of interference with IG
independence is mitigated. The performance criteria should include an
easily understood and usable performance measurement system, one
consistent with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. The
performance measurement system should include the IG's' routine use of a
feedback loop, consisting of questionnaires to determine to what degree
the OIG service to the agency and Congress has been timely, relevant,
accurate, and useful.  In addition, the performance measurements should
show what steps should be taken to improve IG performance. The feedback
should be shared with the agency head and OMB, and in IG semiannual
reports to Congress.