The President's Management Agenda (PMA) is the President's strategy for improving the management and performance of the federal government, with a focus on delivering results. Each quarter, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) releases an executive scorecard that rates agencies' overall status and progress on PMA initiatives. The scorecard employs a color-coded grading scale of green, yellow, and red commonly used by businesses today: Green for success; Yellow for mixed results; and Red for Unsatisfactory. A summary of the Department's FY 2007 Fourth Quarter Scorecard is provided below. For more information on the PMA and the executive scorecard, please visit www.whitehouse.gov/results/.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE STATUS AND PROGRESS ON PMA INITIATIVES FOR FY 2007 FORTH QUARTER

PMA Initiative	Description	Status	Progress
Strategic Management of Human Capital	Build, sustain, and deploy effectively a skilled, knowledgeable, diverse and high-performing workforce aligned with mission objectives and goals.
Improved Financial Performance	World-class financial services that support strategic decision-making, mission performance, and improved accountability to the American people.
Competitive Sourcing	Achieve efficient, effective competition between public and private sources and establish infrastructure to support competitions.
Performance Improvement	Improve the performance and management of the federal government by linking performance to budget decisions and improve performance tracking and management. The ultimate goal is better control of resources and greater accountability over results.
Expanded Electronic Government	Expand the federal government's use of electronic technologies (such as e-procurements, e-grants, and e-regulation) so that Americans can receive high-quality government service.
Federal Real Property Asset Management	To promote the efficient and economical use of America's real property assets.
Right-Sized Overseas Presence (OMB Lead)	Reconfigure U.S. Government overseas staff allocation to the minimum necessary to meet U.S. foreign policy goals.

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