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12 National Institutes of Health Response to the Government Performance and Results Act
Pages 112-115

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From page 112...
... The performance plan outlines our expected program outcomes and means and sets forth performance goals and performance indicators for each. The third component of the GPRA is the performance report, which includes an assessment of how well we did in meeting our goals.
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From page 113...
... Each goal is accompanied by a set of performance indicators, which will be used to measure our success in achieving it. I will discuss a few examples of the expected program outcomes, the program means, and the performance goals and indicators that we are considering for our research program.
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From page 114...
... Some of the specific performance goals for grant administration and peer review, for example, could be to ensure that submitted grant applications receive fair and appropriate review, to improve and enhance the electronic research administration, to improve and enhance communication with the extramural community, and to improve customer service by expediting and processing the award of grant applications. Some of the indicators for improving customer service include expediting and processing the award of applications, implementing pilot projects of different ways to process applications, implementing on-time procedures to eliminate unnecessary submission of administrative information, and developing pilot studies for referring grant applications to program offices.
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From page 115...
... These include six broad categories: the biology of brain disorders, new avenues for development of therapeutics, genetic medicine, new approaches to pathogenesis, new preventive strategies against disease, and advanced instrumentation and computers in medicine and research. Another possibility is a combination of the above.
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