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Mercatus Annual Performance Scorecards

In April 2006, the Department of Transportation was awarded both the Best Overall Performance Reporting Award and the Transparency Award by the Mercatus Center. The Mercatus Annual Performance Report Scorecard rates and ranks the major departments and CFO Act agencies based on the fullness and accuracy of their disclosure. The Scorecard also highlights best and worst practices among the agencies' annual performance and accountability reports. Mercatus researchers evaluate the reports according to three main criteria:

Transparency
Public Benefit
Forward-Looking Leadership

The Mercatus Center seeks to understand the consequences – both intended and unintended – of public sector management processes, such as funding and management decisions by state and federal governments, and improve the state of knowledge to which these processes refer, thereby fostering solutions that promote a freer, more prosperous, and civil society. Research focus includes: tax and fiscal policy, government accountability, the contracting process, government reform, and congressional oversight.

Last updated: 3/1/2007

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