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RCED-00-270R 1 (2000-08-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalqy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Resources, Community, and Washington, DC 20548 Economic Development Division B-286079 August 31, 2000 The Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Science House of Representatives Subject: Government Performance and Results Act: Information on Science Issues in EPA's Performance Report for Fiscal Year 1999 and Performance Plans for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 Under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a 5-year strategic plan in 1997. The plan established 10 strategic goals to serve as a framework for EPA's planning and resource allocation decisions. Since fiscal year 1999, EPA has also issued annual performance plans that set annual performance goals to provide a direct link between the agency's strategic goals and its day-to-day activities. EPA issued its performance plan for fiscal year 2001 in February 2000. GPRA further requires annual performance reports on the degree to which annual goals were met. In March 2000, EPA issued its first performance report, which described the progress the agency made in achieving its fiscal year 1999 goals. EPA's revised strategic plan for fiscal years 2000-2005 is due September 29, 2000, and the agency has made a June 2000 draft for the revised plan available to the Congress and other interested parties for comment and consultation. To facilitate your review and oversight of EPA's science programs, you asked us to review selected science programs and provide you with information on (1) whether EPA links science issues in its performance report for fiscal year 1999 with performance plans for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 and whether the agency's funding request for fiscal year 2001 is linked to specific science activities in its performance plan for that year, (2) whether EPA's performance plan for fiscal year 2001 addresses weaknesses in the agency's science program that we previously identified, and (3) the extent to which EPA's draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2000-2005 complies with GPRA's requirements. To address our objectives, we focused on EPA's sound science, climate change, and waste management programs that have major science components. GAO/RCED-00-270R EPA Science Issues

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