WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new bipartisan working paper authored by former senior U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) officials Dr. Shelley H. Metzenbaum and Robert J. Shea, entitled Performance Accountability, Evidence and Improvement: Reflections and Recommendations to the Next Administration, outlines six practices that should be used at all levels of government to improve effectiveness, as well as five recommendations for how the next Presidential Administration can build upon established successes in government and learn from past challenges.