Introduction 1. An Era of Governance by Performance Management 2. Performance Management as Doctrine 3. The Partial Adoption of Performance Management Reforms in State Government 4. Explaining the Partial Adoption of Performance Management Reforms 5. Explaining the Implementation of Performance Management Reforms 6. The Interactive Dialogue Model of Performance Information Use 7. Performance Management under George W. Bush 8. PART and the Interactive Dialogue Model 9. Dialogue Routines and Learning Forums 10. Rethinking Performance Management Appendix A: Interview Protocol for State Interviews Appendix B: State Backgrounds-Political Culture, Budgeting Practices, Performance Management History and Corrections Policies Appendix C: Program Assessment Rating Tool Bibligraphy Index