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GAO-23-106272 1 (2023-01-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaoodz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Big Picture The federal government spends trillions of dollars on federal programs that support the American people and address policy goals. However, it does not have an inventory of these programs, despite requirements since 2011 to develop and annually update one on a publicly available website. What exactly is a federal program and how many are there? The answers vary across the federal government-and can be based on organizational structure, funding authority, and other characteristics. This lack of a common definition-or at least a way to collect and present comparable information for programs that are defined differently-has hindered past efforts to develop an inventory. A comprehensive listing of programs, along with related funding and performance information, would help federal decision makers and the public better understand what the government does, what it spends, and what it achieves each year. What GAO's Work Shows Since 2014, we have made 12 recommendations to help the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) effectively plan for and create a program inventory that provides complete, comparable, and useful information. Recent OMB efforts demonstrate progress toward these recommendations. For example, OMB published a program inventory implementation plan in November 2021. The plan identifies a series of pilot programs to test different approaches to identifying federal programs and related information, leading up to full inventory implementation (required by statute in 2025). OMB's plan fully addressed one of our past recommendations. The plan incorporated a sm for developing a useful inventory, identified by our past work. If OMB effectively implements its plan, it could demonstrate progress toward our remaining 11 recommendations. Key Program Inventory Milestones and Actions May 2013: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) publishes the inventories developed by 24 large agencies Prior to May 2014: OMB indefinitely postpones inventory implementation Jan. 2021: OMB launches a website to publish the results of a program inventory pilot it started in Sept. 2020 Nov. 2021: 0MB issues a plan for a series of pilot programs leading up to full inventory implementation (required in 2025) Jan. 2011: Initial requirements for developing an inventory are enacted (Public Law 111-352) Between Oct. 2014 and Dec. 2019: Across several reports, GAO makes a series of recommendations to improve inventory implementation Jan. 2021: Congress amends and expands inventory requirements to include additional program information (Public Law 116-283) O Executive branch actions O Legislative actions O GAO recommendations Source: GAO. I GAO-23-106272 GAO-23-106272 Federal Programs

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