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The '''Program Assessment Rating Tool''', or '''PART''', is a program run through the United States [[Office of Management and Budget]] instituted by President [[George W. Bush]] in 2002 to rate all federal programs on their effectiveness. As of July 2008, 98 percent of all federal programs have been reviewed.

==Current Ratings 2008==

*1017 Total Programs Reviewed

*19% Effective

*32% Moderately Effective

*29% Adequate

*3% Ineffective

*17% Results Not Demonstrated

==History==

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==Utilization==

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 | date= February 7, 2005 | url=http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0205/020705a1.htm| accessdate=2006-12-14}}</ref>

==Data==

{| class="wikitable"

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! Result !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008

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| Effective || 6% ||11% ||15%|| 15% ||17%|| || 19%

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| Moderately Effective ||24% ||26%|| 26%|| 29% ||30% || || 32%

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| Adequate ||15% || 20%|| 26%|| 28%|| 28% || || 29%

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| Ineffective || 5%|| 5% ||4%|| 4% ||3% || || 3%

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| Results Not Demonstrated || 50% || 38% ||29% ||24%|| 22%|| || 17%

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| Total Programs Reviewed || 234 || 407 || 607 ||793 ||977 || || 1017

|}

==Reception==