Managing For Results: Critical Issues for Improving Federal Agencies' Strategic Plans

GGD-97-180 Published: Sep 16, 1997. Publicly Released: Oct 16, 1997.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed individual agencies' draft strategic plans, as required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, focusing on: (1) summarizing the overall results of GAO's reviews of those plans; and (2) identifying, on the basis of those reviews, the strategic planning issues most in need of sustained attention.

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Agency missionsexecutive relationsFinancial management systemsInformation resources managementInteragency relationsInternal controlsPerformance measuresProgram evaluationPublic administrationStrategic planning