President Bush used the rating tool to partially justify cuts or elimination of 150 programs in his 2006 FY budget.<ref>{{cite web |author =Amelia Gruber| title=Program assessments factor into Bush plan to trim deficit| publisher=govexec.com | yeardate= February 7th7, 2005 | url=http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0205/020705a1.htm| accessdate=2006-12-14}}</ref>
==Reception==
Reaction from the United States Congress has been mixed.<ref>{{cite web |author =Amelia Gruber| title=OMB seeks agency outreach on linking performance to budgets| publisher=govexec.com | yeardate= March 4th4, 2004 | url=http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0304/030404a1.htm| accessdate=2006-12-14}}</ref> Scholars at the Heritage Foundation support the program and its potential to reduce the size of government.<ref>{{cite web |author =Keith Miller and Alison Acosta Fraser| title="PART" of the Solution: The Performance Assessment Ratings Tool| publisher=Heritage Foundation | yeardate= January 9th9, 2004 | url=http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm418.cfm| accessdate=2006-12-19}}</ref> The program won the 2005 Government Innovators Network Award, noting that the programs reception has led to similar program evaluation systems in Scotland and Thailand.<ref>{{cite web |author =| title=Program Assessment Rating Tool| publisher=Government Innovators Network | yeardate=[[January 1]], 2006 | url=http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/awards.html?id=7496| accessdate=2006-12-15}}</ref>
