anchor: That is, the first step-define mission and desired outcomes-corresponds to the requirement in GPRA for federal agencies to develop strategic plans containing mission statements and outcome-related strategic goals; the second step-measure performance-corresponds to the GPRA requirement for federal agencies to develop annual performance plans with annual performance goals and indicators to measure performance; and the third step-use performance
positive: Federal agencies must measure performance output.
negative: Federal agencies have no mandate to develop strategy plans.