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GGD-00-152R 1 (2000-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalpz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A # GAO United States General Accounting Office General Govermnent Division Washington, D.C. 20548 B-285564 June 30, 2000 The Honorable Fred Thompson Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman Ranking Member, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Subject: Observations on the Department of Commerce's Fiscal Year 1999 Annual Program Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Annual Performance Plan As you requested, we have reviewed the 24 Chief Financial Officers Act agencies' fiscal year 1999 Performance Reports and fiscal year 2001 Performance Plans required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). In essence, under GPRA, annual performance plans are to establish goals and measures covering a given fiscal year and provide the 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. This letter contains two enclosures responding to your request concerning key program outcomes and major management challenges at the Department of Commerce. Enclosure I to this letter provides our observations on the Commerce fiscal year 1999 actual and fiscal year 2001 planned performance for the key outcomes that you identified as important mission areas for the agency. These key outcomes are (1) the U.S. is secure from proliferation of dual-use commodities and chemical weapons, (2) jobs are created and businesses remain successful, (3) U.S. businesses have greater access to international markets, and (4) weather forecasts and severe weather warnings are accurate and timely. Enclosure II lists the major management challenges facing the agency that we and the Commerce Inspector General (IG) identified, discusses how Commerce's fiscal year 1999 Performance Report addressed the progress the agency made in resolving these challenges, and identifies the applicable goals and measures contained in Commerce's fiscal year 2001 Performance Plan. Results in Brief Commerce's fiscal year 1999 Performance Report indicates that the agency made some progress concerning the key outcomes. Generally, Commerce used measurable goals that were related to the key outcomes, and therefore a quantifiable picture of performance was available. At least some measures for each performance goal related to the outcomes GAO/GGD-OO-152R Commerce's FY 1999 Performance and FY 2001 Performance Plan Page 1

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