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AFMD-85-9 1 (1984-10-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnms0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20648 OCTOBER 12, 1984 B-200 111 Speaker of the House of Representatives 125339 Subject: Progress in Improving Program and Budget Infor- mation for Congressional Use (GAO/AFMD-85-9) This report is submitted to the Congress in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 1113(e)(2), formerly the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which requires the General Accounting Office (GAO) to report annually on the progress and results of our work to develop stand- ard terms and classifications for federal fiscal, budgetary, and program-related information; to identify congressional needs for such information; to monitor recurring reporting requirements of the Congress and to recommend changes. We are also required to comment on the executive branch progress under the statute in im- plementing changes. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Secretary of the Treasury are also required by 31 U.S.C. 1113(e) to report annually to the Congress on executive branch plans for addressing program and budget information needs. Speci- fically, they are required to include plans for implementing changes to classifications and codes to meet the information needs of the Congress as well as to furnish information on the status of prior-year system and classification implementations. OUR PROGRESS Our work over the last year has been directed towards improv- ing financial management in the federal government, including the congressional budget process and the financial management systems that support policy making in the Congress and the executive branch. We have communicated the results of our work in reports, testimony before congressional committees, and comments on pending legislation. We also provided program and budget information serv- ices and special analyses to congressional committees. Enclosures I and II list selected reports and testimony related to program and budget information since September 1, 1983. EXECUTIVE BRANCH PROGRESS The Department of the Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget issued their tenth annual report to the Congress in March 1984. The joint report by OMB and Treasury discusses a num- ber of executive branch actions during the past year that were directed toward satisfying congressional information needs. The (974805)

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