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NSIAD-00-192R 1 (2000-06-30)

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United States General Accounting Office                             National Security and
Washington, DC 20548                                          International Affairs Division


         B-285486



         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 National Aeronautics and Space Administration's
         Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Performance Plan

         As you requested, we have reviewed the 24 Chief Financial Officers (CFO) 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 performance 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 National Aeronautics
         and Space Administration (NASA). Enclosure I to this letter provides our
         observations on NASA's 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) expand scientific knowledge of the Earth
         system, (2) deploy and operate the International Space Station safely and cost-
         effectively, and (3) expand the commercial development of space. Enclosure II lists
         the major management challenges facing the agency that we and NASA's Inspector
         General identified, how their fiscal year 1999 performance report discusses the
         progress the agency made in resolving these challenges, and the applicable goals and
         measures in the fiscal year 2001 performance plan.


GAO/NSIAD-00-192R NASA's FY 1999 Performance and FY2001 Performance Plan


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