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Agency Priority Goals

Agency Priority Goals (APGs) are a performance accountability structure of the GPRA Modernization Act that provides agencies a mechanism to focus leadership priorities, set outcomes, and measure results, bringing focus to mission areas where agencies need to drive significant progress and change.

January 07, 2021

January 2021 Updates Show Progress on Cross-Agency Priority and Agency Priority Goals

Today, we published progress updates for both Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals and Agency Priority Goals (APGs) for the final quarter of FY2020. These updates highlight recent milestones and accomplishments as well as related initiatives that support progress towards a more modern and effective government.


September 17, 2020

September 2020 Updates Show Progress on Cross-Agency and Agency Priority Goals


July 06, 2020

July 2020 Updates Show Progress on Cross-Agency Priority Goals, Agency Priority Goals & More

Today, we published progress updates for both Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals and Agency Priority Goals (APGs) for the first and second quarter of FY2020. These updates highlight recent milestones and accomplishments as well as related initiatives that support progress towards a more modern and effective government.


February 10, 2020

Delivering a High-Performance Government in 2019

Federal agencies continue to leverage best practices from across sectors to drive organizational performance improvement via the Federal Performance Management Framework.


December 19, 2019

December 2019 Updates Show Progress on Cross-Agency and Agency Priority Goals

Today, we published progress updates for both Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals and Agency Priority Goals (APGs) for the fourth quarter of FY2019. These updates highlight recent milestones and accomplishments as well as related initiatives that support progress towards a more modern and effective government.


December 02, 2019

USAID's Feed the Future Program Update

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) continues to promote agriculture-led growth through the implementation of the U.S. Government’s Global Food-Security Strategy through the Feed the Future initiative. Feed the Future brings together a host of partners in pursuit of a common goal -- To end global hunger, malnutrition, and poverty.


September 19, 2019

September 2019 Updates Show Progress on Cross-Agency and Agency Priority Goals

Today, teams tasked with implementing the Federal government’s high-priority initiatives released their September 2019 progress updates for both Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals and Agency Priority Goals (APGs).


September 19, 2019

NEW: First High Impact Service Provider (HISP) Action Plans Released

In 2018, OMB Circular A-11 Section 280 guidance required the identified High Impact Service Providers (HISPs) to create an annual customer experience (CX) Action Plan. The CX CAP Goal team spent much of FY19 working with HISPs, providing direction and training to enable successful completion of the Plans.


June 20, 2019

Summer Updates Show Progress on Cross-Agency and Agency Priority Goals

Today, teams tasked with implementing the Federal government’s high-priority initiatives released their June 2019 progress updates for both Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals and Agency Priority Goals (APGs).


February 28, 2019

New USDA Tool Helps Agencies Communicate Critical Information During Emergencies

The US Department of Agriculture created a tool that uses public datasets to enable federal and state emergency response agencies to communicate vital security, safety, and public health information.


February 21, 2019

Update: Register Today for the Single Audit & Risk Management Demo Days!

The rescheduled Single Audit and Risk Management Industry Demonstration Days begin April 3, 2019.


December 18, 2018

New Updates Highlight Movement on Cross-Agency and Agency Priority Goals

Teams implementing the federal government’s high-priority performance initiatives released their December 2018 quarterly updates of progress.


September 20, 2018

New Updates Highlight Movement on Cross-Agency and Agency Priority Goals

Cross-Agency and Agency Priority Goal teams today released the latest updates on the progress of high-priority federal initiatives.


June 26, 2018

Federal Agencies Release 2018 Quarter 2 Updates on Agency Priority Goal and Cross-Agency Priority Goal Progress

Today Federal agencies released their Q2 progress updates on their current Agency Priority Goals (APG) and Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals.


May 22, 2018

Performance.gov Launches Twitter Account

Follow us @PerformanceGov for Performance.gov for a window into Federal agencies’ efforts to deliver on their mission, service, and stewardship objectives


April 09, 2018

Federal Agencies Release First Quarterly Update on Agency Priority Goal Progress

Federal agencies released today their implementation action plans and first progress updates on their fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 Agency Priority Goals.


February 12, 2018

Agencies Establish Revised Strategic Plans and Agency Priority Goals with the President's FY 2019 Budget

Federal agencies today published updated Strategic Plans spanning 2018-2022, and established Agency Priority Goals (APGs) to be achieved over the course of 2018-2019.