Observations on the National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Performance Plan
Abstract
As you the General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the 24 Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act agencies' fiscal year 1999 performance reports and fiscal year 2001 performance plans required by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. In essence, under GPRA annual performance plans are to establish performance goals and measures covering a given fiscal year and provide the direct linkage between an agency's longer-term goals and day-to-day activities. Annual performance reports are to subsequently report on the degree to which those performance goals were met. This report contains two enclosures concerning key program outcomes and major management challenges at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Enclosure I provides GAO's observations on NSF's fiscal year 1999 actual and fiscal year 2001 planned performance for the key outcomes that you identified as important mission areas for the agency. These key outcomes are (1) discoveries at and across the frontier of science and engineering and (2) efficient and effective administration of research grants. Enclosure II lists the major management challenges facing the agency that NSF's Inspector General (IG) identified, the progress the agency has made in addressing these challenges as discussed in its fiscal year 1999 performance report, and the applicable goals and measures in the fiscal year 2001 performance plan.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 30, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA380253
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office