Performance-Based Organizations: Issues for the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Proposal

Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO compared the characteristics of the British government's Next Steps Program and the performance based organization (PBO) concept, focusing on: (1) the changes and effects the PBO concept potentially could have on the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC); and (2) how PBO status would potentially affect SLSDC's financing mechanism, management structure, accountability for performance, and congressional oversight.