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NSIAD-98-210R 1 (1998-06-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacmix0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States TAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-279831 June 17, 1998 The Honorable Benjamin A. Gilman Chairman, Committee on International Relations House of Representatives Subject: The Results Act: Observations on the Department of State's Fiscal Year 1999 Annual Performance Plan Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to your request for our observations on the Department of State's annual performance plan for fiscal year 1999, which was submitted to Congress in February 1998. Our review of State's plan was based on a January 26, 1998, request by several Members of the House majority leadership for us to review the performance plans of the 24 federal agencies covered by the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-576). The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-62), commonly referred to as GPRA or the Results Act, requires federal agencies to prepare annual performance plans covering the program activities set out in the agencies' budgets, beginning with plans for fiscal year 1999. These plans are to (1) establish performance goals to define levels of performance to be achieved; (2) express those goals in an objective, quantifiable, and measurable form; (3) briefly describe the operational processes, skills, and technology and the human, capital, information, or other resources required to meet the goals; (4) establish performance measures for assessing the progress toward or achievement of the goals; (5) provide a basis for comparing actual program results with the established goals; and (6) describe the means to be used to verify and validate measured values. For purposes of our review, the six requirements of the Results Act for the annual performance plans were collapsed into three core questions: (1) To what extent does State's performance plan provide a clear picture of intended performance across the agency? (2) How well does State's performance plan discuss the strategies and resources it will use to achieve its performance goals? (3) To what extent does State's performance plan provide confidence that its performance information will be credible? These questions are GAO/NSIAD-98-210R State's FY 1999 Performance Plan

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