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 2001-08-23 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-01-761 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-761 P0b002ee1803a4da1 f:d01761 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-761 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-761 GAO-01-761 Food supply Reporting requirements Strategic planning Performance measures Program evaluation Food Stamp Program Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children GPRA Government Performance and Results Act Other Written Product A01564 The Department of Agriculture's (USDA) fiscal year 2000 performance report and fiscal year 2002 performance plan have the potential for focusing the department's missions, but these efforts are compromised in a number of areas. USDA's goals and measures are too general to give insight into the actual achievements that USDA is striving to make. In particular, it is difficult to assess USDA's progress when it uses unrealistic goals to achieve strategic outcomes and when it uses untimely data that has not been consistently verified. In two particular areas--strategic human capital management and information security--the process of measuring USDA's performance has been frustrated by the lack of goals and measures for identified issues. Finally, by not sharing information about the major management challenges identified by its own Inspector General, USDA's agencies miss the opportunity to develop strategies and plans to respond to these issues. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-761/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-761.htm GAO-01-761 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-761 Other Written Product GAO-01-761; Department of Agriculture: Status of Achieving Key Outcomes and Addressing Major Management Challenges; Food supply Reporting requirements Strategic planning Performance measures Program evaluation Food Stamp Program Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children GPRA Government Performance and Results Act Public Law 106-531