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Mission Budgeting: Discussion and Illustration of the Concept in
Research and DevelopmOnt Programs. PSAD-77-124; B-160725. Juj7
27,' 1977. 80 pp. + 4 appendices (7 pp.).
Report to :he Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Science and Technology (2000); Science and
Technology: Management and Oversight of Programs (2004);
Program Evaluation Systems (2600).
Contact: Procurement and Systems Acquisition Div.
Budget Function: National Defense: Denartment of Defense -
Military (except procurement & contracts) (051); Natural
Resources, Environment, and Energy: Energy (305); National
Defense: Atomic Energy Defense Activities (053).
Organization Concerned: Congressional Budget Office; Department
of Defense; Energy Research and Development Administration;
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Office of
Management and Budget; Office cf Technology Assessment.
C3ngressional Relevance: House Committee on Armed Services,
Senate Committee on Armed Services; Congress.
Authority: Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-438).
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (P.L. 85-568).
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 2971. Sunshine
Act of 1977; S. 2 (95th Cong.). Budget dnd Accounting
Procedures Act of 1950. H. Rept. 94-1231. S. Rept. 95-164.
S. Rept., 95-129. OMB Circular A-109. DOD Directive 5000. .
The mission budget concept offers significant potential
for alleviating problems with the way the Federal budget is
currently presented and the limitations it imposes on
congressional revie. The common complaint with the present
system is that Congress gsts L great mass o.k. detail but not a
coherent picture of what the money is for and why it is needed.
A mission budget structure links an agency's basic
responsibilities, or missions, to its activities and their
proposed funding. Descending levels of the structure then focus
more sharply on specific puiposes, needs, and programs to
satisfy them. Recommendations: Congress should begin to
experiment with mission budgeting in carrying out its budget
review, authorization, and appropriation functions because the
concept has significant potential for: helping the ?resident and
Federal agencies formulate budgets according to end purposes,
needs, and priorities; strengthening congressional policy review
and program oversight; achievinq greater public accountability
in the use of Federal funds; providing one budget system
oriented to both executive and congressional needs; clarifying
mission responsibilities of the Federal agencies and keeping
them relevant to national policies and needs; and serving as a
structural foundation for zero-base and sunset reviews as
well as for governmental reorganization. (Author/SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaacly0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)