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RCED-98-212R 1 (1998-06-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacmjm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States G A O General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-280182 June 11, 1998 The Honorable Richard G. Lugar Chairman The Honorable Tom Harkin Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable Robert (Bob) F. Smith Chairman, Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Results Act: Observations on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Annual Performance Plan for Fiscal Year 1999 This report summarizes our observations on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) annual performance plan for fiscal year 1999, which was submitted to the Congress in March 1998. USDA's plan includes 30 components-a departmental overview plan as well as 29 plans that correspond to USDA's major agencies and staff offices. Our review of USDA's plan was initially based on a January 26, 1998, request by several members of the majority leadership in the House of Representatives that we review the performance plans of the 24 federal agencies covered by the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act. We are issuing separate reports on the plans for each of these agencies, as well as a report summarizing information on our reviews of all 24 agencies. As you know, the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, 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 the levels of performance to be achieved; (2) express those goals in an GAO/RCED-98-212R Observations on USDA's Annual Performance Plan /'&~cY-o?

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