2. Executive Office of the President · Minor
Direct OPPM to set agency performance goals reflecting the President's agenda
Printed page 48 2. Executive Office of the President
“The Director should instruct OPPM to establish annual performance goals and review processes for agencies that reflect the President's agenda.”
What has happened
- Done
The Director and the Deputy Director for Management issued the President's Management Agenda on 8 December 2025, the instrument the Office of Performance and Personnel Management uses for exactly this purpose. The memorandum says so in terms: federal statute requires OMB to coordinate priority goals to improve the performance and management of the federal government, and the Agenda "articulates key management reform objectives as priority goals, established by the President's Executive Orders and directives, while meeting the requirements set forth in statute." The goals it sets — eliminate waste, downsize the workforce, hire on merit, consolidate procurement and buy American — are the President's agenda restated as agency performance objectives, and agencies report against them at performance.gov.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
The Quote names OPPM, which sits under the Deputy Director for Management; M-26-03 is signed by Vought and by Deputy Director for Management Eric M. Deland. We read the memorandum and its attached Agenda framework in full.
- Action
- create
- Object
- Annual agency performance goals and review processes (Office of Performance and Personnel Management)
- ID
- 41