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HEHS-98-178R 1 (1998-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacmig0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States G A OGeneral Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education and Human Services Division B-280069 June 9, 1998 The Honorable Jim Bunning Chairman, Subcommittee on Social Security Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Subject: The Results Act: Observations on the Social Security Administration's Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Plan Dear Mr. Chairman: As you know, the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, commonly referred to as the Results Act, seeks to improve federal programs and increase. public confidence by requiring federal agencies to set goals, measure performance, and report on the degree to which their goals were met. In 1997, agencies developed their first strategic plans under the Results Act. These plans chart the agencies' mission and long-range goals over the next 5 years. Early this year, agencies released their performance plans, which describe in greater detail the results the agencies hope to accomplish during fiscal year 1999, given a proposed level of resources. Through this process, the Results Act establishes the first statutory link between agencies' budget requests and their performance planning efforts. We reported our observations on the Social Security Administration's (SSA) draft strategic plan in July 1997 and on its formally issued plan in January 1998.' We have also reviewed SSA's fiscal year 1999 performance plan, which was submitted to the Congress in February 1998, and this letter summarizes our observations on the plan. To conduct our review, we collapsed the requirements of the Results Act into three core questions: (1) To what extent does the agency's performance plan provide a clear picture of intended 1See Managing for Results: Agencies' Annual Performance Plans Can Help Address Strategic Planning Challenges (GAO/GGD-98-44, Jan. 30, 1998) and The Results Act: Observations on the Social Security Administration's June 1997 Draft Strategic Plan (GAO/HEHS-97-179R, July 22, 1997). GAO/HEHS-98-178R SSA's FY 1999 Performance Plan / G(D(o-& z r

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