Managing for Results Opportunities for Continued Improvements in Agencies' Performance Plans
Abstract
Congress clearly has shown its interest in agency performance planning to better inform its decisions. As you requested, this report provides summary information based on our review and evaluation of the fiscal year 2000 performance plans of the 24 agencies covered by the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act. As agreed with your offices, our first objective was to summarize our observations on the extent to which the agencies' plans include three key elements of informative performance plans: (1) clear pictures of intended performance, (2) specific discussions of strategies and resources, and (3) confidence that performance information will be credible. For each of these elements, we characterized each agency's plan in one of four ways, based on the degree to which the plan contains informative practices associated with that element. These practices, drawn from Results Act requirements, related guidance, and the more informative features of the fiscal year 1999 performance plans, are identified in our published work.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA366904
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office