Jane Kusiak, Council on VA's Future

1. LEAD Virginia
Virginia’s Approach to Performance
Leadership and Accountability
April 17, 2010
Jane N. Kusiak
Executive Director
Council on Virginia’s Future

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Outline
Introduction to the Council on Virginia’s Future
Virginia’s Approach to Performance Leadership and Accountability
Continued Evolution of Virginia Performs
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Vehicles for Communication and Regional Dialogue
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Special Focus on Educational Attainment
Concluding Remarks
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Council Purpose
Origin
✤ The Council was established to serve as an advisory board to the
Governor and the General Assembly.
✤ It is a forum where legislative, executive branch, and community leaders
come together for work that transcends election cycles, partisanship,
limited organizational boundaries, and short-term thinking.
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Purpose
✤ Provide long-term focus on high-priority issues.
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✤ Create an environment for improved policy and decision-making.
✤ Increase government accountability, operations, and performance.
✤ Inform citizens about performance and engage them in dialogue about
Virginia’s future.
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Membership
The Honorable Robert F. McDonnell, Chair
Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia
Mr. John O. (Dubby) Wynne, Vice Chair
President & CEO (retired), Landmark Communications
General Assembly Members Citizen and Business Community Leaders
The Honorable Ward L. Armstrong The Honorable William D. Euille
Minority Leader, Virginia House of Delegates Mayor, City of Alexandria
The Honorable Charles J. Colgan Mr. W. Heywood Fralin
President pro tempore & Chairman, Senate Finance President & CEO, Medical Facilities of America, Inc.
Committee, Senate of Virginia
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The Honorable H. Morgan Griffith Mr. James F. McGuirk, II
Majority Leader, Virginia House of Delegates President, AKLM Consulting, Inc.
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The Honorable William J. Howell Mr. Harris N. Miller
Speaker of the House, Virginia House of Delegates President & CEO, Career College Association
The Honorable Yvonne B. Miller Dr. Edward G. Murphy
Member, Senate Finance Committee, Senate of Virginia President & CEO, Carilion Clinic
The Honorable Thomas K. Norment, Jr. The Honorable Michael J. Schewel
Minority Leader, Senate of Virginia Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
The Honorable Lacey E. Putney Cabinet Member
Chairman, House Appropriations Committee
The Honorable Richard D. Brown
Virginia House of Delegates
Secretary of Finance
The Honorable Richard L. Saslaw
Majority Leader, Senate of Virginia
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5. Virginia’s Approach to Performance
Leadership and Accountability

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Architecture of the Virginia Performs
System
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9. V IRGINIA’S F UTURE
Are We Making Progress?
Improving Maintaining Losing Ground
Business Climate Business Startups Personal Income, Wages
Workforce Quality Employment Growth & Salaries
Economy Poverty
Unemployment
Third Grade Reading College Graduation Lifelong Learning
Fourth Grade Reading High School Dropout
Education & Math Achievement High School Graduation
Educational Attainment School Readiness
Adoption Cancer Health Insurance
Smoking Life Expectancy Obesity
Health & Family Cardiovascular Disease Foster Care Suicide
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Child Abuse & Neglect Immunization
Teen Pregnancy Infant Mortality
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Crime Juvenile Intakes
Public Safety Traffic Fatalities Emergency Preparedness
Adult & Juvenile Recidivism
Air Quality Land Preservation Historic Resources
Natural Resources Water Quality Solid Waste & Recycling
Land Use Infrastructure Condition
Transportation Traffic Congestion
Bond Rating Internet Access Taxation Consumer Protection
Government & Voter Registration &
Citizens Turnout
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10. How Does Virginia Compare to Other
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States?
INDICATOR RANK 1- 11- 21- 31- 41- 1- 11- 21- 31- 41-
10 20 30 40 50 INDICATOR RANK 10 20 30 40 50
ECONOMY EDUCATION
Business Climate  College Graduation-4-Year 
Business Startups  College Graduation-2-Year 
Employment Growth  Fourth Grade Reading 
Personal Income  Fourth Grade Math 
Poverty  High School Dropout 
Unemployment  PUBLIC SAFETY
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Workforce Quality  Emergency Preparedness 
HEALTH & FAMILY Property Crime 
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Cancer Deaths  Violent Crime 
Cardiovascular Disease  Traffic Fatalities  
Health Insurance  TRANSPORTATION
Immunization  Infrastructure – Deficient Bridges 
Infant Mortality  Traffic Congestion – Commute Time 
Obesity  GOVERNMENT & CITIZENS
Smoking  Bond Rating 
Suicide  Consumer Protection – ID Theft 
Teen Pregnancy  Internet Access—Digital Government 
NATURAL RESOURCES Taxation 
Historic Districts  Voter Turnout 
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How are Our Regions Doing?
Hampton
Economy Central Eastern Northern Southside Southwest Roads Valley West Central
Business Startups        
Employment Growth        
Personal Income        
Poverty        
Unemployment        
Hampton
Education Central Eastern Northern Southside Southwest Roads Valley West Central
School Readiness        
High School Graduation        
High School Dropout        
Sr. Plans: Associate’s Degree        
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Sr. Plans: Bachelor’s Degree        
Hampton
Health and Family Central Eastern Northern Southside Southwest Roads Valley West Central
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Cancer        
Cardiovascular Deaths        
Foster Care        
Infant Mortality        
Obesity        
Suicide        
Teen Pregnancy        
Hampton
Public Safety Central Eastern Northern Southside Southwest Roads Valley West Central
Property Crime        
Violent Crime        
Juvenile Intakes        
Traffic Fatalities        
Trend Key:  Improving  Maintaining  Worsening
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Are Agency Measures Aligned with High-
Priority Goals?
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Linking Policy and Performance
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14. Continued Evolution of Virginia Performs

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Continued Evolution of the System
Continued Evolution of Virginia Performs: Virginia’s Performance Leadership &
Accountability System
Manage to Outcomes
DESIRED SOCIETAL RESULTS
Council’s vision and long-term goals
and Critical Priorities
•!Enterprise Scorecards
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•!Forums on Key
SOCIETAL-BASED INDICATORS
Environmental Scan: How is Virginia doing?
Outcomes and Priorities
•!Results Teams
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ENTERPRISE LEADERSHIP AGENDA
Are government operations well managed?
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MEASURES TO MONITOR PROGRESS
Are we achieving desired results on critical outcomes and
priorities?
Strategic Leadership for
Performance Improvement
•!Clear locus of responsibility for
enterprise performance AGENCY LEADERSHIP AGENDAS
Agencies’ strategic and service area plans
management
•!Enhanced communication and !
feedback AGENCY PERFORMANCE MEASURES
Are agency programs producing desired results?
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16. Executive Progress Reports
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✤ Enhance agency
reporting by developing
a concise, integrated,
and strategic view of
agency progress,
challenges, and
opportunities for
improvement.
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✤ Drafts were developed
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for the Departments of
‣ Conservation and
Recreation
‣ Medical Assistance
Services
‣ Motor Vehicles
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17. Vehicles for Communication and
Regional Dialogue

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Regional View: Hampton Roads Performs
Home page
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Scorecard
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20. V IRGINIA’S F UTURE A Number of Products Complement
the Web-based View
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21. Special Focus on Educational Attainment

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Long-Term Focus on Critical Issues
Source: Council analysis based on data from the Virginia Department of Education, the NCHEMS Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking
and Analysis, and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
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25. Educational Attainment is Lagging in
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Virginia and the U.S.
Adults with at Least an Associate Degree
(per 100 Adults)
Percent Change in Cohort
Age 45 to 54 Age 25 to 34
Attainment Rate
Canada 43.2 54.8 26.9%
Japan 39.3 54.1 37.7%
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Korea 19.2 53.0 176.0%
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New Zealand 38.1 43.6 14.4%
Ireland 24.0 42.2 75.8%
Virginia 42.9 41.6 -3.0%
United States 39.6 39.2 -1.0%
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),
Education at a Glance 2008. Virginia data from the National Center for
Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS).
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Closing the “Degree Gap”
Closing the Degree Gap with Best-Performing Countries
Projected Virginia Population 25-64 Years Old in 2020 4,753,930
Educational Attainment (Associate’s Degree or Higher) Needed
2,359,230
to Match Best-Performing Countries
Number of Individuals in 2020 Population Cohort (25-64 Year
(1,357,140)
Olds) Who Already Have College Degrees
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Additional Degrees Gained by 2020 if Virginia Maintains Its
(217,150)
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Current Annual Net Migration of Degree Holders
Projected Growth in Degrees Awarded by Private Sector
(31,400)
Institutions
Additional Degrees Produced by 2020 at Current Annual Rate (680,270)
DEGREE GAP: Additional Degrees (Associate’s and
73,270
Bachelor’s) Still Needed by 2020
Source: National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, 2009.
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Forums Focus on Key Issues
✤ Internal and external thought
leaders were brought together to
clarify critical issues and
opportunities to improve higher
education outcomes:
‣ Economic Competitiveness: Aligning
Higher Education and Workforce
Needs: This forum, which focused on
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issues related to enhancing the alignment of
higher education with critical emerging
workforce needs, was led by Dr. Chris
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Chmura, President of Chmura Economics
and Analytics. Net Tuition as a Percent of Total Public Higher Education
Revenue, by State for FY 2008
‣ Higher Education Finances and
Productivity: Led by Dennis Jones,
President of the National Center for Higher
Education Management Systems, and Jane
Wellman, Executive Director of the Delta
Project on Postsecondary Education Costs,
Productivity, and Accountability.
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28. Concluding Remarks

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Concluding Remarks
✤ Key themes for performance leadership:
‣ Put results first: public investment decisions should
be clearly tied to meaningful societal goals and
evaluated through a focus on outcomes.
‣ Openly access progress: emphasize transparency in
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operation and promote accountability.
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‣ Encourage positive change: provide the right tools
and incentives to promote innovation and
productivity improvement.
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Sites of Interest
Virginia Performs:
VaPerforms.virginia.gov
Hampton Roads Performs:
HamptonRoadsPerforms.org
Council on Virginia’s Future:
future.virginia.gov
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Jane N. Kusiak
Executive Director
Council on Virginia’s Future
1001 E. Broad St., Suite 430
Richmond, VA 23219
804.371.2346
JaneKusiak@virginia.edu
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