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GAO-17-740R 1 (2017-09-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalcu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 September 7, 2017 Congressional Committees Managing for Results: Selected Agencies' Experiences in Implementing Strategic Reviews The GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA) provides important tools that can help inform federal decision making.1 In implementing GPRAMA, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) established a strategic review process in which agencies, beginning in 2014, were to annually assess their progress in achieving each strategic objective-the outcome or impact the agency is intending to achieve-in their strategic plans.2 Agencies completed their fourth round of strategic reviews in 2017. According to OMB's Circular A-11 guidance, the results of strategic reviews should inform many of the decision-making processes at the agency, as well as decision making by the agency's stakeholders, in areas such as long-term strategy, budget formulation, and risk management.3 OMB's guidance also directed agencies to submit information to OMB annually that identifies between 10 and 20 percent of their objectives as either (1) demonstrating noteworthy progress, or (2) showing focus areas for improvement. According to OMB's guidance, this categorization is to ensure that OMB and each agency are able to discuss relative performance across the organization's mission, and prioritize analysis and decision making around the strategic objectives requiring the greatest attention.4 In 2015, we reviewed selected federal agencies' efforts to undertake strategic reviews and identified the following seven practices federal agencies can employ to facilitate effective reviews:5 * establish a process for conducting strategic reviews; * clarify and clearly define measurable outcomes for each strategic objective; * review the strategies and other factors that influence the outcomes, and determine which are most important; * identify and include key stakeholders in the review; 1Pub. L. No. 111-352, 124 Stat. 3866 (Jan. 4, 2011). GPRAMA updated the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), Pub. L. No. 103-62, 107 Stat. 285 (Aug. 3, 1993). 2OMB, Cir. No. A-11, at § 230.8. Preparation and Submission of Strategic Plans, Annual Performance Plans, and Annual Performance Reports (July 2017). 3OMB, Cir. No. A-11, at § 270.9. 4OMB, Cir. No. A-11, at § 270.13 & 270.9. 5GAO, Managing for Results: Practices for Effective Agency Strategic Reviews, GAO-1 5-602 (Washington, D.C.: July 29,2015). GAO-17-740R Agency Strategic Reviews Page 1

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