| 1. | Of the 48 "policy goals" (formulated on March28, 2001 and partially amended on September 26, 2001; see Annex1) established for FY 2001, the policies for 45 goals were evaluated by theevaluating framework shown in Annex 2.
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| | (Note | ) The evaluation report for the remaining threegoals that are under the authority of the National Tax Administration Agency(2-2, 2-3, and 2-4 in Annex 1) will be separatelyformulated and released by around the end of September of this year, because thebusiness year of the Agency is from July through June of the following year.
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| 2. | The evaluation was made as follows in accordancewith the Basic Plan on Policy Evaluation formulated and released in March ofthis year. |
| | (1 | ) The policy for each goal was evaluated from thefollowing four viewpoints in order to evaluate its multiple aspects. | 1. | The degree of accomplishment of the goal in lightof indices. | | 2. | Whether the process of administrative operationsfor accomplishing the goal (the means and procedures of the measures/activities)was appropriate, effective, and efficient. | | 3. | Whether the analysis of the results has beenprecisely made (particularly, identification of what was wrong when the goalcould not be accomplished). | | 4. | Whether useful and active proposals were madeconcerning improvement of the policy itself or improvement of the operations ofthe policy evaluation system. | | |
| | (2 | ) The policies were evaluated on each of the abovecriteria by using phrase patterns, according to the "Description Outline andEvaluation Manual" that has been created based on the opinions of externalconsultants. |
| | (3 | ) In addition to the evaluation on each of theabove criteria, overall qualitative descriptions (comprehensive review) werealso given. |
| | (4 | ) Furthermore, with the aim of ensuring theobjectivity of the evaluation and raising its quality, the evaluation madeaccording to 1) through 3) above was discussed and reviewed by the Council onthe Policy Evaluation in the Ministry of Finance (chairman: Taizo Nishimuro,Chairman of the Board of Toshiba Corporation; Vice-Chairperson of the JapanBusiness Federation).
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| 3. | Outline of the evaluation results |
| | (1 | ) The results of evaluation on each of the fourcriteria are roughly as follows. | 1) | With regard to the "degree of accomplishment ofthe goal," two goals were "accomplished," forty goals were "largelyaccomplished," and three goals were under the status of "There was progresstoward accomplishment " | | 2) | With regard to the "process ofadministrative operations," it was "appropriate, effective, and largelyefficient" for one goal, "largely appropriate, effective, and efficient"for three goals, "appropriate and effective" for three goals, "appropriate,and largely effective" for two goals, "largely appropriate, and effective"for 26 goals, and "largely appropriate" for 10 goals. | | 3) | With regard to "analysis of results," theanalysis was "precise" for three goals, "largely precise" for 40 goals,and "not very precise" for two goals. | | 4) | With regard to "proposals of improvementmeasures," "useful and active proposals were made" for five goals, "usefulproposals were made" for 18 goals, and "active proposals were made" fortwo goals, and "proposals were made" for 20 goals.
Meanwhile, with regard to "improvement measures for the operations of thepolicy evaluation system," "useful proposals were made" for nine goals,"active proposals were made" for seven goals, and "proposals were made"for three goals. | | | (Note | ) For the outline, see the List of EvaluationResults by Each of the Four Criteria in Annex 3 and theList of Evaluation Results by Policy Goal in Annex 4. | |
| | (2 | ) The "comprehensive review" and the "commentby the Council on the Policy Evaluation in the Ministry of Finance " based onthe above were roughly as follows. | 1) | The "comprehensive review" describes the highlyevaluated points of FY 2001 administrative operations in relation to theaccomplishment of goals. In addition, it requires further improvement of thecurrent administrative operations by pointing out the specific improvementpoints and points to keep in mind according to the content, while also requiringthe continuation/promotion of appropriate policy operations and administrativeoperations for attaining the goal. | | 2) | Moreover, the comment by the Council on the PolicyEvaluation in the Ministry of Finance also indicates the points thatrequire future efforts for many of the policy goals, such as requesting morecomprehensible explanations to the nationals. | | | (Note | ) For the outline, see the List of ComprehensiveReview on Major Policy Goals and the Comment ( Annex 5 )by the Council on the Policy Evaluation in the Ministry of Finance . | |
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