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HEHS-97-176R 1 (1997-07-18)

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GAO


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

Health, Education, and
Human Services Division

B-277444

July 18, 1997


The Honorable Richard K. Armey
Majority Leader
House of Representatives

The Honorable John R. 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 the Department of Education'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 the 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 Education.


Objectives, Scope,
and Methodology


Our overall objective was to review and evaluate the latest available
version of the Department's draft strategic plan for fiscal years 1998-2002.
As you requested, we (1) reviewed the draft plan to determine whether it
complies with the Results Act's requirements and assessed its strengths
and weaknesses; (2) described the Department's key statutory authorities
and how they are related to the mission and goals in the strategic plan;
(3) identified the Department's programs, activities, and functions that are
crosscutting in that they are similar to or related to goals, activities, or
functions of other agencies and the extent to which the plan reflects
interagency coordination; (4) discussed the extent to which the
Department addresses major management challenges in the plan; and
(5) discussed the Department's capacity to provide reliable information
about performance.


GAO/HEHS-97-176R Education's Draft Strategic Plan


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