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FY 16-17: Agency Priority Goal

Water Conservation and Supply Enhancement

Priority Goal

Enable capability to increase the available water supply in the Western States through conservation-related programs to ensure adequate and safe water supplies.

By September 30, 2017, the Department of the Interior will facilitate the availability of water supplies employing conservation, efficiency, and technology in the western United States through Bureau of Reclamation water conservation programs to 1,100,000 acre-feet cumulatively since the end of FY2009.

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Performance Indicators

Acre feet of water conservation capacity enabled through Reclamation’s Priority Goal conservation programs.

Performance is measured in terms of water conservation capacity approved through grants and contracts in acre-feet; cumulative through all years since the start of FY 2010. Projects selected for funding provide the estimated water saving data for the key indicator, “Estimated acre-feet of water savings.” WaterSMART, Title XVI, CALFED, and WCFSP are selected on an annual basis through a competitive process. Since project funding is awarded once a year, the number of projects awarded funding and the estimated water savings will be reported on an annual basis once funding has been obligated. Estimated water savings from Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project and Upper Colorado River Recovery Implementation Program will be reported at the time additional funding is awarded. Below is a table that shows contributions toward the goal, beginning in FY 2010.

Fiscal Year	Water Conservation Capacity Approved (acre-feet, cumulative all years)
FY 2010	245,608
FY 2011	487,939
FY 2012	616,226
FY 2013	734,851
FY 2014	860,299
FY 2015	977,454
FY 2016	1,144,822

Data Accuracy and Reliability

The Department ensures the accuracy and reliability of the performance data in measuring progress towards its Agency Priority Goals, in accordance with the five data quality specifications in the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 for:

Means used to verify and validate measured values: All performance data reported on http://www.performance.gov/ by the Department is subject to the data verification and validation standards initially published in 2003 and reissued in 2007 (see https://www.doi.gov/performance/data-validation-and-verification). Implementing organization heads or chief officials confirm in writing the validity of the data. In the case of Agency Priority (Performance) Goals, senior officials in the implementing organization personally present the data on a quarterly basis to the senior Departmental leadership.

Sources for the data: In response to data calls, bureau program managers provide performance data using the estimated capacity amounts provided in the water conservation project grant proposals. These data are tracked and maintained in separate systems, including spreadsheets. Following review by the providing bureau or office, data is collected, reviewed, integrated, and maintained by the Department’s Office of Planning and Performance Management in its Annual Performance Plan & Report (APP&R) that is available at the Department’s Budget and Performance Portal (www.doi.gov/bpp), and on the www.performance.gov website.

Level of accuracy required for the intended use of the data: Performance data reported i on http://www.performance.gov/ is used for management purposes, as a representative indicator of progress in relation to a target or goal established by the corresponding implementing organization. The accuracy of the data is that considered necessary to provide a reasonable representation of the progress made relative to a target or goal for discussion purposes, so as to help:
- determine if the progress is considered adequate
- provide understanding of the ability for the processes and methods being implemented to achieve the goal
- indicate if any further exploration or evaluation is needed to better ensure achievement of the goal; and
- whether alternative action, including adjusting funding levels, facilities, workforce, IT capabilities, etc., is needed to help better ensure achievement of the goal.

Limitations to the data at the required level of accuracy: Performance data is subject to potential errors from: the use of estimations and extrapolations in the proposals, miscommunication; and/or failure to effectively employ the guidance described in the performance measure template or the “Indicator” description in http://www.performance.gov/. However, based on multiple review levels and accuracy certifications, we do not believe these limitations to be significant.
How the agency has compensated for such limitations if needed to reach the required level of accuracy: Along with the implementing organization’s official assurance of faithfully employing the data verification and validation standards, submitted data is reviewed within the context of the scope and nature of the activity, plans, and past experience to help confirm accuracy. Following review and verification by the submitting bureau or office, the data is reviewed within its corresponding trends and programmatic context by the Department’s Office of Planning and Performance Management to determine if further consultation with the data provider is necessary to adjust or correct the reported data before publication. Senior management and leadership consider this level of accuracy to be acceptable in their use of the data. Past experience in using the data, historical trend and programmatic context assessments, and bureau data quality certifications indicate that the limitations are considered minor and compensating measures are not considered necessary.

In addition to employing the Department’s data validation and verification standards, and internal reviews of submitted data, the best “test” of the data’s accuracy is in its use. Agency Priority (Performance) Goal data is reviewed during quarterly status reviews where senior officials report their data directly to the Department’s senior leadership and is made publicly available through http://www.performance.gov/.

Indicator target and actual value information
Fiscal Year Quarter	Period Ending (Month, Year)	Target Value	Actual Value
2014-Q4	September, 2014	790000	860299
2015-Q4	September, 2015	910000	977454
2016-Q4	September, 2016		1144822
2017-Q4	September, 2017	1040000

Indicator Statement:

Enable capability to increase the available water supply in the Western States through conservation-related programs to ensure adequate and safe water supplies.

Indicator Overview:

Fiscal Year	Water Conservation Capacity Approved (acre-feet, cumulative all years)
FY 2010	245,608
FY 2011	487,939
FY 2012	616,226
FY 2013	734,851
FY 2014	860,299
FY 2015	977,454
FY 2016	1,144,822

Data Accuracy and Reliability

Means used to verify and validate measured values: All performance data reported on http://www.performance.gov/ by the Department is subject to the data verification and validation standards initially published in 2003 and reissued in 2007 (see https://www.doi.gov/performance/data-validation-and-verification). Implementing organization heads or chief officials confirm in writing the validity of the data. In the case of Agency Priority (Performance) Goals, senior officials in the implementing organization personally present the data on a quarterly basis to the senior Departmental leadership.

Sources for the data: In response to data calls, bureau program managers provide performance data using the estimated capacity amounts provided in the water conservation project grant proposals. These data are tracked and maintained in separate systems, including spreadsheets. Following review by the providing bureau or office, data is collected, reviewed, integrated, and maintained by the Department’s Office of Planning and Performance Management in its Annual Performance Plan & Report (APP&R) that is available at the Department’s Budget and Performance Portal (www.doi.gov/bpp), and on the www.performance.gov website.

Level of accuracy required for the intended use of the data: Performance data reported i on http://www.performance.gov/ is used for management purposes, as a representative indicator of progress in relation to a target or goal established by the corresponding implementing organization. The accuracy of the data is that considered necessary to provide a reasonable representation of the progress made relative to a target or goal for discussion purposes, so as to help:
- determine if the progress is considered adequate
- provide understanding of the ability for the processes and methods being implemented to achieve the goal
- indicate if any further exploration or evaluation is needed to better ensure achievement of the goal; and
- whether alternative action, including adjusting funding levels, facilities, workforce, IT capabilities, etc., is needed to help better ensure achievement of the goal.

Limitations to the data at the required level of accuracy: Performance data is subject to potential errors from: the use of estimations and extrapolations in the proposals, miscommunication; and/or failure to effectively employ the guidance described in the performance measure template or the “Indicator” description in http://www.performance.gov/. However, based on multiple review levels and accuracy certifications, we do not believe these limitations to be significant.
How the agency has compensated for such limitations if needed to reach the required level of accuracy: Along with the implementing organization’s official assurance of faithfully employing the data verification and validation standards, submitted data is reviewed within the context of the scope and nature of the activity, plans, and past experience to help confirm accuracy. Following review and verification by the submitting bureau or office, the data is reviewed within its corresponding trends and programmatic context by the Department’s Office of Planning and Performance Management to determine if further consultation with the data provider is necessary to adjust or correct the reported data before publication. Senior management and leadership consider this level of accuracy to be acceptable in their use of the data. Past experience in using the data, historical trend and programmatic context assessments, and bureau data quality certifications indicate that the limitations are considered minor and compensating measures are not considered necessary.

Unit Of Measurement: Acre-feet of water

Indicator Reporting Frequency: Annually

Indicator Direction: INCREASING

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