Incremental expenditures that may represent revised strategies or substantial differences in program direction and can include proposed program reductions. Examples can include discretionary workload expenditures necessary to address workload not defined as mandatory, new programs or changes in the level or scope of existing programs, or program reductions and other changes.

RETIRED TERM - Previously POCs were the primary liaisons between One Washington and agencies helping to manage agency requests and promote vertical communication within the agency. POCs have now been replaced by Agency Support Team (AST) Leads.

Construction in which design and production more or less overlap, thus shortening project time; usually practiced in construction management projects. See: Fast Track.

A quantitative indicator that can be used to determine whether an agency's programs or services are directly contributing to the achievement or progress toward some objective. Activity performance measures reported in the budget should tell the story of whether the activity is achieving its purpose and contributes to statewide goals. These measures are most likely to be intermediate or immediate outcomes or output measures.

The act of considering and making funding choices based on desired outcomes. Performance budgeting focuses on the results to be gained through investment decisions.

A bond issued by a surety company on behalf of a contractor to guarantee an owner proper performance of the construction contract.

Granular view of payroll earnings and deductions.

Purchasing card spend data from purchases associated with state accounts, including information such as: all agencies with p-card accounts, their account holders and their spend details; name of the vendor/supplier purchased from; what was purchased, including reference to contract number (if identified); roll-up (summary) level as well as the ability to drill down (granular detail) for third-party reporting suppliers/purchases.

The first party to the construction contract, who pays the contractor (the second party) for the construction work; also, the party who owns the rights to the land upon which the work is done and who, therefore, owns the work; also, the client of a designer, a construction manager, a project manager, or a development manager.

An indicator of how much work has been completed. The number of units of a product of service produced or delivered.