The IT Capital Plan should also reflect the goals of the agency's Annual Performance Plan, the agency's Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) Plan, the agency's EA, and agency's business planning processes.

WHITEHOUSE: CIRCULAR NO. A-130 Revised

Last summer, most agencies were only beginning to link the general goals and objectives of their plans with the annual performance goals they would be including in their annual performance plan.

WHITEHOUSE: Testimony of John A. Koskinen

Rankings such as these would amount to less than half of a teacher's annual job-performance rating under a new statewide plan to evaluate public schoolteachers.

WSJ: Teacher Rankings Opened to View

After all, even the 1.3% annual performance drain identified by GAO can over time sink a plan.

FORBES: PBGC Probes Wall Street's Role In Pension Failures