About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

RCED-98-192R 1 (1998-05-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacmfx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: (3 United States GAO) General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-279990 May 19, 1998 The Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Science House of Representatives Subject* Results Act NSFs Annual Performance Plan for Fiscal Year 1999 Dear Mr. Chairman: As requested, this report summarizes our observations on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) annual performance plan for fiscal year 1999, which was submitted to the Congress in March 1998. As you know, the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (the Results Act) requires federal agencies- beginning-wiftfiscal year 1999, to pre~mae-annual performance plans covering the program activities set out in their budgets. To analyze NSF's performance plan, we condensed the requirements in the Results Act into three basic questions: (1) To what extent does the plan provide a clear picture of intended performance across the agency? (2) How well does the plan discuss the strategies and the resources the agency will use to achieve its performance goals? (3) To what extent does the plan provide confidence that the agency's performance information will be credible? Enclosure I presents our detailed observations concerning how well NSF's plan answered these questions. In summary, we found that NSFs performance- plan for fiscal year 1999 (1) partially addresses annual performance issues across the agency, (2) partially discusses how the agency's strategies and resources will help it achieve its goals, and (3) partially provides confidence that its performance information is 'These questions are based on criteria in the Results Act, the Office of Management and Budget's guidance to federal agencies on developing their plans, and a December 1997 letter to the agencies from eight congressional leaders on their expectations for these plans. GAO/RCED-98-192R NSF's Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Plan

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most