United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-07-26 monographic deposited born digital 49 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-729 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-729 P0b002ee18038cefd f:d01729 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-729 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-729 GAO-01-729 Strategic planning Performance measures Reporting requirements Law enforcement Program evaluation FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System Government Performance and Results Act GPRA INS Computer Linked Application Information Management System 3.0 INS Computer Linked Application Information Management System 4.0 Other Written Product A01463

This report reviews the Department of Justice's fiscal year 2000 performance report and fiscal year 2002 performance plan required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 and assesses Justice's progress in achieving selected key outcomes that were identified as important mission areas. Justice's overall progress toward achieving the key outcomes was difficult to ascertain because generally the performance report lacked fiscal year 2000 performance targets to measure success and lacked clear linkage between performance measures and outcomes. Justice did not set fiscal year 2000 performance targets for some measures because the measures were new, and for some measures Justice believes that setting performance targets could cause the public to perceive law enforcement as engaging in "bounty hunting" or pursuing arbitrary targets merely for the sake of meeting particular goals. Justice's strategies varied in the extent to which they included sufficient information to inform decisionmakers about initiatives to achieve these outcomes. GAO noted several areas of opportunity for Justice to improve the usefulness of its reports and plans. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-729/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-729.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-729/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-729.pdf GAO-01-729 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-729 Other Written Product GAO-01-729; Department of Justice: Status of Achieving Key Outcomes and Addressing Major Management Challenges; Strategic planning Performance measures Reporting requirements Law enforcement Program evaluation FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System Government Performance and Results Act GPRA INS Computer Linked Application Information Management System 3.0 INS Computer Linked Application Information Management System 4.0 Title 42 Section 14091 42 U.S.C. 14091 Public Law 97-255 Public Law 103-322