Observations on the Social Security Administration's Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Plan

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Social Security Administration's (SSA) fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plan, focusing on: (1) assessing the usefulness of the agency's plan for decisionmaking; and (2) identifying the degree of improvement the agency's FY 2000 performance plan represents over the FY 1999 plan.