Oregon Benchmarks

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Oregon Benchmarks

• Panel presentation
• Driving Change and Getting Results Conference
• Bellevue, Washington
• By Rita Conrad
• Acting Executive Director
• Oregon Progress Board
• September 13, 2005

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The Governor got it all started.

• I am asking for the creation of the Oregon
  Progress Board, which will help guide Oregon into
  the next century... The Oregon Progress Board
  will serve as the long-term caretaker of Oregon's
  strategic vision, identify key activities that
  need to be undertaken, and then measure our
  progress over the next several decades.
• 1989 Oregon Shines Introduction Governor Neil
  Goldschmidt

http//egov.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB/os_intro.shtml
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Legislative Response

• An independent Oregon Progress Board is needed
  to
• Encourage the discussion and understanding of
  critical global and national trends that will
  affect Oregon in the coming decades
• Submit to Oregonians a strategy that describes
  and explains a vision for Oregon's economic,
  social and environmental progress for 20 years
  into the future
• Submit to the Legislative Assembly goals for
  Oregon's progress, including measurable
  indicators of the achievement of those goals
• Assist state agencies and their partners in
  developing performance measures that provide
  linkages to the measurable indicators of
  achievement .

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The resulting process lead to Oregon Shines and
the Oregon Benchmarks.
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Oregon partners make it happen in and out of
government.
Policy Analysis
Where are we?
Performance Measures
Policy Goals
Where do we want to go?
How did we do?
Programs Initiatives
How do we get there?
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Aligning the two views
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Board accomplishments

• Oregon Shines
• 1989 focused on economy
• 1997 update focused on economy, community and
  environment
• With thousands of Oregonians input, both times
• Oregon Benchmarks
• 90 quality of life vital signs
• Measure progress towards Oregon Shines goals
• Performance Measurement
• Guidelines for agency budget instructions
• Trained agencies administered system since 2002

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Oregon Benchmark Criteria
Results Not Effort
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3 Oregon Shines Goals7 Benchmark Categories

• Quality jobs for all Oregonians
• Economy (17)
• Education (12)
• Engaged, caring and safe communities
• Civic engagement (9)
• Social support (22)
• Public safety (7)
• Healthy, sustainable surroundings
• Community development (7)
• Environment (16)

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There are 90 of them.

• ECONOMY Rural employment, trade, new business,
  job growth, professional services, economic
  diversification, research development, venture
  capital, cost of doing business, regulatory
  burden, income, wages, income disparity, working
  poor, unemployment, exports, foreign language
• EDUCATION ready to learn, 3rd 8th grade
  reading and math, CIM, dropouts, HS and college
  completion, adult literacy, computer/Internet
  usage, labor force skills training
• CIVIC ENGAGEMENT volunteering, voting, feeling
  of community, understanding taxes, taxes per
  income, public management quality, SP bond
  rating, arts, libraries
• SOCIAL SUPPORT teen pregnancy, prenatal care,
  infant mortality, immunizations, HIV, smoking,
  premature death, perceived health status, child
  care slots and affordability, teen substance
  abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, alcohol and drug
  use while pregnant, poverty, health insurance,
  homelessness, child support, hunger, seniors
  living independently, working disabled, disabled
  living in poverty
• PUBLIC SAFETY overall crime, juvenile arrests,
  students carrying weapons, adult and juvenile
  recidivism, emergency preparedness
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT traffic congestion,
  drinking water, commuting, vehicle miles
  traveled, road and bridge condition, home
  ownership, affordable housing
• ENVIRONMENT air quality, CO2 emissions, wetlands
  gain/loss, stream water quality, in-stream flow
  rights, agricultural lands, forest lands, timber
  harvest, municipal waste disposal, hazard
  substance cleanup, freshwater/marine/terrestrial
  species health, natural habitat, invasive
  species, state park acreage

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How we report the benchmarks

• Biennial Reports
• Benchmark Performance Report
• Benchmark Performance Report online (new)
• County Data Book
• Race and Ethnicity Reports
• Special Reports
• Ways and Means Packets
• Governors Principles

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Quadrant out of the 2005 BPR
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Oregon Benchmark Awards

• Corporation for Enterprise Development
• Financial World Magazine
• Ford Foundation
• Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
  University
• Partners for Livable Communities
• National Governors' Association

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Benchmark ripple effects

• Legislation using Oregon Benchmarks
• Workforce Quality Council (1991 House Bill 3133)
• Education Act for the 21st Century (1991 House
  Bill 3565)
• Key Industries (1991 Senate Bill 997 1995 Senate
  Bill 309 sunset 1999)
• State Agency Performance Measurement and Budget
  Policy (ORS 291.100)
• The Oregon Commission on Children and Families
  (1993 House Bill 2004)
• Reorganized Services to Children and Families
  (1999 Senate Bill 555)

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Ripple effects, cont.

• Planning, Policy and Management
• Local Governments and Foundations
• Human Investment Partnership (1991)
• Budget Development Policies (1992, 1994, 1996)
• Clarifying Oregons Fiscal Choices (1994)
• Social Support Investment Work Group (1997)
• State Agency Performance Management (1993, 2001)

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Ripple effects, cont.

• New Programs and Organizations
• Oregon Option (1994)
• Community Partnership Team (1991)
• Community-based Strategic Planning
• Livable Communities (1994)
• Statewide Performance Measure Association (2005)

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• Sponsors
• Governor
• Legislature
• Audiences
• State Agencies
• Local Governments
• Community Foundations
• Business
• General Public

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Current challenges

• Support of Governor Legislature
• Push-back from state agencies
• Pressure for operations over policy
• Greater focus on performance management
• Lesser focus on trend analysis, strategic
  visioning and resource alignment
• Dwindling resources
• From a staff of 6-8 FTEs in the past
• To a staff of 1.75 FTE now

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Oregon Shines
Trends
Where are we headed?
Benchmarks
OS Goals
Did we change course?
Where do we want to be headed?
Past Progress Board involvement
OS Strategy
How do we change course?
Policy Analysis
Where are we?
Performance Measures
Policy Goals
Oregon Partners
Where do we want to go?
How did we do?
Programs Initiatives
How do we get there?
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Oregon Shines
Trends
Where are we headed?
Benchmarks
OS Goals
Did we change course?
Where do we want to be headed?
Current Progress Board involvement with state
government focus
OS Strategy
How do we change course?
Policy Analysis
Where are we?
Performance Measures
Policy Goals
Where do we want to go?
How did we do?
Oregon Partners
Programs Initiatives
How do we get there?
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Oregon Shines
Trends
Where are we headed?
Benchmarks
OS Goals
Did we change course?
Where do we want to be headed?
OS Strategy
How do we change course?
Current weakness in Oregon
Policy Analysis
Where are we?
Performance Measures
Policy Goals
Oregon Partners
Where do we want to go?
How did we do?
Programs Initiatives
How do we get there?
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Oregon Shines
Trends
Where are we headed?
Benchmarks
OS Goals
Did we change course?
Where do we want to be headed?
OS Strategy
How do we change course?
Current weakness in Oregon state government
Policy Analysis
Where are we?
Performance Measures
Policy Goals
Oregon Partners
Where do we want to go?
How did we do?
Programs Initiatives
How do we get there?
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What weve learned is critical

• Leadership support
• Political neutrality
• Being perceived as honest broker of information
• Helping customers use the information
• Balancing patience with sense of urgency

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• Rita Conrad
• Acting Executive Director
• 503-378-3202 direct
• Rita.R.Conrad_at_state.or.us
• www.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB