SAS^® Strategic Performance Management for Civilian Government

Modernization has increased the pressure on government at all levels to become more citizen-centered, results-oriented and market-based.   In the Spotlight Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of DC protects public with innovative technology CSOSA was awarded the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Award for Government at the recent SAS Executive Conference for Government. View video. (5 min.) Aligned Government: Enabling results-oriented performance Read this white paper to find out how SAS supports alignment and drives cultural change in government. (login required) For a performance-oriented organization to function successfully, it must track key performance indicators and monitor such wide-ranging issues as program effectiveness, financial accountability, cost, efficiency and capital planning. Other areas to watch include performance-based contracts, HR workforce planning, e-procurement and outsourcing. SAS provides the driving force behind the only integrated suite of intelligence solutions from a single vendor that facilitates both strategic and operational decision making. SAS Strategic Performance Management exchanges information with other business solutions across your organization – solutions from SAS and other vendors – for managing customer and supplier relationships, IT, finances, activity-based management, human capital, quality improvement and risk. SAS helps ensure that everyone is working in sync and heading toward common goals. The result? A steady finger on the pulse of all measures that add real value to your enterprise. SAS Strategic Performance Management integrates existing data systems and provides a decision-support platform for robust, analytical performance management reporting. SAS Strategic Performance Management captures your strategy – no matter which management philosophy you choose – and reports on performance indicators that provide feedback on how well you are implementing your strategy and mission. And it takes the process further by helping you integrate, distribute and analyze information from across the enterprise – and then act on it. Agencies can see the causes and effects of strategy, identifying sources of failure and isolating best practices that lead to success. In short, SAS provides a strategic heads-up that helps organizations stay on course. SAS Strategic Performance Management also provides robust reporting and analytics for more operational or tactical performance management to support strategy. SAS Strategic Performance Management also works together with SAS Activity-Based Management to report indicators related to cost and performance. SAS Activity-Based Management gives organizations the power to contain costs, improve operational efficiencies and accurately predict future costs and resource requirements. SAS has consistently led the industry in helping large organizations manage, analyze and deliver information. Learn more about State Performance Management.

Looking for more information on SAS Strategic Performance Management? Download the white paper "Activity-Based Cost Management in the Public Sector." (PDF:553KB) Read related government success stories. Ready to put THE POWER TO KNOW® to work for you? Contact your local SAS office or call us toll free at 1-800-727-0025 (U.S. and Canada). Contact SAS for pricing information and to learn more about our products and solutions. Sign up for one of our free e-newsletters. Download the white paper "Activity-Based Cost Management in the Public Sector." (PDF:553KB)