Performance Accountability Frameworks and Redundant Efficiency Monitoring Directives

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END DOGE

AKA “Rescind Meta-Oversight Authority”


Which agency/agencies promulgated the regulation? *
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President
Which title, parts, and/or sections of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) should be rescinded? *
Selected subsections of 5 CFR Part 1320 (Paperwork Reduction Act regulations, specifically §§1320.8–1320.10) OMB Circular A-11, Part 6 (Strategic Planning, Performance Reporting, and Performance Reviews)
What is your name?
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Is your proposed rescission a notice of proposed rulemaking, final rule, direct final rule, interim final rule, or interpretive rule? *
Final Rule
What is the name of the regulation being rescinded, if applicable? *
Performance Accountability Frameworks and Redundant Efficiency Monitoring Directives
Please provide a short summary of the justifications for the rescission. *
To reduce bureaucratic redundancy and restore line agency autonomy, eliminate oversight structures that evaluate the efficiency of other oversight structures, which delay critical programmatic functions and impose self-replicating reporting burdens.
Please insert the address of the agency. [NPRM, DFR, and IFR only]
Office of Management and Budget 725 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20503
Please insert the contact information for the agency. *
(202) 395-3080
What is the background for the regulation being rescinded? *
Originally created under reform-era executive orders, the Department (or Task Force) on Government Efficiency was intended to root out inefficiencies in agency operations. However, it now operates largely as a compliance obstacle, issuing meta-reports, requiring performance dashboards, and mandating re-justification of longstanding public programs—often without subject-matter expertise or measurable public benefit.
Explain the reasons for the rescission. *
Federal performance and accountability are best measured by results, not paperwork about paperwork. Rescinding the Department of Government Efficiency and related reporting mandates will: Decrease administrative burden, Restore mission-specific agency discretion, Remove duplicative metrics reporting, Improve actual operational throughput. The Department’s own cost-benefit analysis found that its operations "required three staff for every one staff it attempted to eliminate."
Describe the text of the relevant C.F.R. provisions as it will exist after the rescission. *
Sections 1320.8 through 1320.10 of 5 CFR Part 1320 are repealed. OMB Circular A-11, Part 6 is withdrawn. No federal office or task force may be authorized solely for the purpose of meta-efficiency review or oversight of existing oversight. Performance measurement authority reverts to line agencies and their statutory Inspectors General.All references to government-wide performance dashboards, quarterly reporting mandates, and interagency efficiency councils are hereby rescinded. Efficiency reviews will return to line agencies and Inspectors General with subject-specific knowledge. No separate Office of Efficiency shall be authorized within the Executive Branch.
Please insert the name of the current agency head. *
Russell Vought
Please insert the title of the agency head. *
Director, office of management and budget

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