Overview of the Oregon Progress Board

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Overview of theOregon Progress Board

• Presentation by Rita Conrad to
• IPACs Centre of Excellence, Performance
  Management Accountability
• Vancouver, B.C.
• January 30, 2009

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Purpose of the Progress Board

• To keep Oregon focused on strategies for building

competitiveness through economic social and
environmental well-being.
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Core Functions of the Board

• Maintains the states shared vision and strategic
  plan known as Oregon Shines
• Tracks Oregon's progress toward the plan using
  yardsticks called Oregon Benchmarks.

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12 Voting Members

• The Governor
• Nine appointed by the Governor
• Representing all five Congressional Districts
• One appointed by the President of the Senate
• Senator Morse
• One appointed by the Speaker of the House
• Representative Gelser

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Historical Perspective

• Benchmark Mandate Stage (green)
• Benchmark Ripple Effects (blue)
• Performance Measurement (orange)
• Refocus on Oregon Shines (lavender)

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Refocus on Oregon Shines and the Benchmarks

• OREGON SHINES III
• Partner Panels
• Business Plan
• Legislative engagement
• Stakeholder analysis
• Deliver in 2011
• BENCHMARKS
• 2009 Benchmark Report
• Online report generator

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Benchmark Products Services

• Biennial benchmark reports
• Online report generator
• County slide shows
• County comparator maps
• County and state data tables
• Race and ethnicity reports
• Benchmark-KPM Crosswalks
• for Ways Means
• Benchmarks by Principle
• for the Governor

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Benchmark Reports snapshot in time Highlights

• Backed up by comprehensive benchmark reports at
• http//benchmarks.oregon.gov
• Generate benchmark reports
• View state agencies linking to that benchmark
• Get local benchmark data on counties in your
  district

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Why does government exist?
BENCHMARKS BY GOAL

• Quality Jobs for All Oregonians
• Economy Education
• Engaged, Caring and Safe Communities
• Civic Engagement, Social Support Public Safety
• Healthy, Sustainable Surroundings
• Built Natural Environment

• Benchmarks articulate
• A societal framework for government work
• Purpose for many government functions

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Using benchmarks to set priorities

• President Obamas Inaugural SpeechThe question
  we ask today is not whether our government is too
  big or too small, but whether it works whether
  it helps families find jobs at a decent wage,
  care they can afford, a retirement that is
  dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to
  move forward. Where the answer is no, programs
  will end.

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Issues the Board grapples with

• Data versus politics
• Suggesting strategy versus setting policy
• Who is to say the benchmarks are right?
• Who is to say the targets are right?
• Aligning state government to societal goals
• Measuring performance among a collaborative of
  equals (whos accountable?)
• Understanding the relationship between benchmarks

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Weve learned these things are critical.

• Political legs
• Credible reporting
• Simple presentation
• Data for locals
• Systems thinking
• Collaborative relationships
• Continuous learning (listening to the doers)

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Three success factors connect drivers, doers and
data.

• Shared Vision
• Shared Data
• Collaboration

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• Rita Conrad
• Executive Director
• 503-378-3202
• www.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB
• http//benchmarks.oregon.gov