ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL: Management and Accountability Framework Needed to Lead and Execute Change
Abstract
We are pleased to respond to your request that we provide preliminary observations from our ongoing general management review of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC). As you know, the Senate and House Appropriations Committees mandated this review for completion in November 2002. At that time we will provide our final observations and recommendations. Upon completion of our review, AOC is to develop a management improvement plan to address our recommendations. You asked us to focus on certain management shortcomings at AOC that needed attention strategic planning, organizational alignment, strategic human capital management, financial management, and information technology (IT) management. You also asked us to assess two key program areas worker safety and recycling both to illustrate the management issues we are addressing and to help AOC identify best practices and areas for improvement in these important programs. We plan to explore project management and budgeting, among other issues, in greater depth in the next phase of our review. We have briefed AOC on the preliminary observations in this statement and the accompanying appendix, which provides additional details on the results of our work.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 17, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA400665
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office