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GGD-97-152R 1 (1997-07-14)

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GAO


United States
General Accounting Office
Washington, D.C. 20548

General Government Division

B-277427

July 14, 1997


The Honorable Richard K. Armey
Majority Leader
House of Representatives

The Honorable John Kasich
Chairman, Committee on the Budget
House of Representatives

The Honorable Dan Burton
Chairman, Committee on Government
  Reform and Oversight
House of Representatives

The Honorable Bob Livingston
Chairman, Committee on Appropriations
House of Representatives

Subject: The Results Act: Observations on Commerce's June 1997 Draft
Strategic Plan

On June 12, 1997, you asked us to review the draft strategic plans
submitted by the cabinet departments and selected major agencies for
consultation with Congress as required by the Government Performance
and Results Act of 1993 (the Results Act). This letter is our response to
that request concerning the Department of Commerce.


Objectives, Scope,
and Methodology


Our overall objective was to review and evaluate the latest available
version of Commerce's draft strategic plan. As you requested, we
(1) assessed the draft plan's compliance with the Act's six requirements
and its overall quality, (2) determined if the Department's key statutory
authorities were reflected, (3) identified whether discussions about
crosscutting functions and coordination with other agencies having similar
functions were included, (4) determined if the draft plan addressed major
management challenges, and (5) provided a preliminary assessment of the
Department's capacity to provide reliable information about performance.

We obtained the June 1997 draft strategic plan that Commerce provided to
the House of Representatives staff team working with the agency. As
agreed, our review of the Department's draft plan was generally based on
previous work. In recent years, congressional requests for work at


GAO/GGD-97-152R Commerce's Draft Strategic Plan


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