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WASHINGTON – Gov. Martin O’Malley testified to the U.S. Senate
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security on Thursday.

Committee Chair U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) interviewed O’Malley about performance based evaluation systems, specifically StateStat and CitiStat. O’Malley was a key architect of both programs.

O’Malley emphasized the government’s ability to track “inputs,” such as public funding. However, the governor also pointed to the need for state and federal government to monitor “outputs,” which would effectively publicize how government in making use of the inputs.