Abstract
This study examines the relationship between performance information and resource allocations in the context of the George W. Bush administration's performance budgeting metric: the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). Results of regression analysis suggest that performance information reported through the PART system had a fragmented and incomplete effect on congressional appropriations. This was because (1) PART was a politicized tool applied more rigorously to cuts in programs supported by Democrats; (2) PART scores had little or no impact on earmarked programs; (3) PART's impact declined during a divided government; and (4) PART scores were used more often in budget decisions for small or medium-size programs than for larger programs.
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