Invasive Species Performance-Based Budget

As called for the first National Invasive Species Management Plan (NISC Plan), NISC developed the first Invasive Species Interagency Performance-Based Budget (Crosscut) for fiscal year 2004.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) encouraged NISC to develop shared (crosscutting) goal statements, strategies, and common performance measures among participating agencies as part of the FY04 budget process. The result was a first of its kind inter agency crosscutting budget that facilitated a more efficient allocation of resources through enriched interagency cooperative efforts for the budget cycles for fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007.

The Crosscut is designed to:

  • Encourage federal cooperation on the invasive species issues that benefit from an interagency approach.
  • Highlight and promote interagency performance-based approaches to address specific invasive species issues.
  • Provide a clear and comprehensive overview of invasive species issues and efforts across the Federal Government.

Each Crosscut builds on the precious fiscal year's efforts to allow a multi-year perspective of invasive species activities, funding and performance. It includes two sections:

General Categories - a compilation of all (reported) federal expenditures for invasive in several broad categories, and;

Specific Initiatives - a document that identifies areas of cooperation with defined common strategic goals and measurable performance standards. Specific initiatives can deal with specific species, or a specific thematic topic.