Robust indicators and measures for outputs and outcomes against agreed objectives are the holy grail of performance reporting. Transparent performance reporting can be a means to improving accountability to taxpayers for public funds and responsiveness to users. The Report on Government Services (RoGS) for the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) is widely seen as ‘an exemplar of benchmarking in a federal system.’ Twenty-five years on, RoGS has been institutionalised and the approach to performance reporting was central to the COAG reform agenda. Annual reports compare the equity, effectiveness, and efficiency of outputs and outcomes across governments in six key areas – childcare, education and training; health; justice; emergency management; community services; and housing and homelessness. Performance indicators and measures have increased the accountability of state and territory governments for their management of public funds. The significance of RoGS is the unprecedented scale and scope of performance indicators and its longevity. The services benchmarked in the 25th report in 2020 accounted for $247 billion, representing 70% of government recurrent expenditure and 13% of GDP.

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对标政府：政府服务报告 (RoGS) – 25 年

针对商定目标的产出和结果的稳健指标和措施是绩效报告的圣杯。透明的绩效报告可以成为提高纳税人对公共资金的问责制和对用户的响应能力的一种手段。澳大利亚政府委员会 (COAG) 的政府服务报告 (RoGS) 被广泛视为“联邦系统中基准测试的典范”。25 年过去了，RoGS 已经制度化，绩效报告的方法是农委改革议程的核心。年度报告比较了政府在六个关键领域（儿童保育、教育和培训）的产出和成果的公平性、有效性和效率；健康; 正义; 应急管理；社区服务; 和住房和无家可归。绩效指标和措施增加了州和领地政府管理公共资金的责任。RoGS 的意义在于其前所未有的性能指标规模和范围以及它的持久性。2020 年第 25 次报告对标的服务总额为 2,470 亿元，占政府经常性支出的 70% 和 GDP 的 13%。