Managing for Results: Steps for Strengthening Federal Management
(Testimony, 05/09/95, GAO/T-GGD/AIMD-95-158).

During the past decade, GAO has identified many opportunities for
improving management in the federal government. The following four basic
management issues consistently emerged: (1) developing more-precise
program and business goals and better measuring performance against
them, (2) improving operational effectiveness by taking fuller advantage
of reengineering opportunities and investments in modern technology, (3)
strengthening financial management to instill accountability and control
costs, and (4) building the capacity of the federal workforce to more
effectively and efficiently implement and manage programs. Congress,
through the Government Performance and Result Act, the Chief Financial
Officers Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and other initiatives, has
established a basic management framework focusing on the outcomes of
federal programs. As agencies streamline their programs and processes in
order to do more with less, the key is to do so in a focused and planned
way that holds modern management systems accountable for producing
results.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-GGD/AIMD-95-158
     TITLE:  Managing for Results: Steps for Strengthening Federal 
             Management
      DATE:  05/09/95
   SUBJECT:  Federal agencies
             Accountability
             Agency missions
             Strategic information systems planning
             General management reviews
             Budget administration
             Cost control
             Internal controls
             Work measurement standards
             Financial management systems
IDENTIFIER:  FAA Advanced Automation System
             IRS Tax System Modernization Program
             USDA Info Share Program
             FAA Air Traffic Control System
             Superfund Program
             TSM
             GMR
             
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