Being accountable for achieving results

"A Guide to Developing and Using Performance Measures in Results-based Budgeting" by Mark Friedman

Georgia Policy Council
An example of another state's efforts to achieve core results and to measure progress towards this achievement

Results-Based Accountability 
The Harvard Family Research Project provides resources including a results-based accountability annotated bibliography; resource guide of results-based accountability efforts; and reaching results briefs.

The Evaluation Exchange: Emerging Strategies in Evaluating Child and Family Services
A journal of the  Harvard Family Research Project. Nine issues are on-line.