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NSIAD-00-189R 1 (2000-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalpo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~GAO __ _ _ _ __ United States General Accounting Office National Security and Washington, DC 20548 International Affairs Division B-285699 June 30, 2000 The Honorable Fred Thompson Chairman The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman Ranking Member Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Subject: Observations on the Department of State's Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Performance Plan As you requested, we have reviewed the fiscal year 1999 performance reports and fiscal year 2001 performance plans of the 24 Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act agencies required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). In essence, under GPRA annual performance plans are to establish performance goals and measures covering a given fiscal year and provide direct linkage between an agency's longer-term goals and day-to-day activities. Annual performance reports are to subsequently report on the degree to which those performance goals were met. In this report, we provide our observations on State's fiscal year 1999 actual and fiscal year 2001 planned performance on the key outcomes you asked us to examine and State's major management challenges. The key outcomes are (1) eliminated threats from weapons of mass destruction, (2) expanded foreign markets for U.S. products and services, (3) enhanced ability of American citizens to travel and live abroad securely, (4) reduced international crime and availability and/or use of illegal drugs, and (5) reduced international terrorism. Enclosures I and II provide further detail on these issues. RESULTS IN BRIEF The Department of State's fiscal year 1999 performance report does not adequately demonstrate State's level of success in achieving the desired outcomes or the way in which State's actions actually led to achievement of the desired goals. Although the report's indicators of progress are usually quantifiable, they are generally activity- based measures that are not outcome oriented, which means that it is difficult to track progress in a meaningful way. The narrative section of the report highlights numerous foreign policy accomplishments as they relate to the Department's strategic and performance goals. However, the annex to the report, which should measure State's progress toward the achievement of each performance goal, is based GAO/NSID-00-189R State's FY 1999 Performance Report and FY 2001 Performance Plan

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