About GMAP

Governor Gregoire believes every agency, every program, and every employee must be accountable to citizens every day. She is moving state government away from focusing on how we do things to looking at results.

To help accomplish this, the Governor meets regularly with agency directors to look at the results their agencies are delivering for the residents of Washington. These sessions provide an opportunity for a candid, public conversation about what is working, what is not, and how to improve results. When performance is not meeting expectations, the Governor and her leadership team work with agency leaders to make changes and eliminate obstacles to success.

In addition to Governor Gregoire’s meetings, her cabinet agencies use this approach to examine the effectiveness of their own employees. In this way, her commitment to accountability is being put into practice at all levels of state government, from management to the staff who deliver direct services.

The concepts behind this program are not new to government, and have been proven to improve performance in both the public and private sectors. What is new is Governor Gregoire's unflinching commitment to apply them across state government. Her first Executive Order required cabinet directors to conduct accountability reviews in their agencies, driving the same personal accountability standards down to each state employee. She requested legislation that requires agencies not under the control of the Governor to use the same principles. And she personally presides over reviews focused on the issues most important to citizens.

“For the last two years, I have made government performance and accountability one of my top priorities,” said Governor Gregoire. “Every state agency, program and employee must be accountable for producing measurable results that matter to citizens. Holding government responsible for results is just common sense.”