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 2001-06-22 monographic deposited born digital 32 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-792 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-792 P0b002ee180383738 f:d01792 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-792 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-792 GAO-01-792 Performance measures Small business assistance Strategic planning Reporting requirements Program evaluation Government Performance and Results Act GPRA SBA 8(a) Program Other Written Product A01233 This report reviews the Small Business Administration's (SBA) fiscal year 2000 performance report and fiscal year 2002 performance plan required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 to assess SBA's progress in achieving selected key outcomes that are important to its mission. SBA's reported progress in achieving its outcomes is mixed. However, GAO had difficulty assessing SBA's progress due to weaknesses in its performance measures and data. GAO was unable to assess SBA's lack of an explanation about how the strategies relate to the outcomes or a discussion regarding strategies for the outcome. GAO identified some improvements from SBA's prior year report and plan, but several weaknesses remain in SBA's fiscal year 2000 performance report and fiscal year 2002 performance plan. Improvements are that the performance report includes a section that summarizes SBA's programs, a matrix that identifies ongoing and closed audit reviews, and the number of recommendations associated with each. However, weaknesses included SBA's omission of time frames or schedules for achieving unmet goals, a lack of strategies for meeting unmet goals, and insufficient linkage of strategies to indicators and measures. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-792/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-792.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-792/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-792.pdf GAO-01-792 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-792 Other Written Product GAO-01-792; Small Business Administration: Status of Achieving Key Outcomes and Addressing Major Management Challenges; Performance measures Small business assistance Strategic planning Reporting requirements Program evaluation Government Performance and Results Act GPRA SBA 8(a) Program