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 2001-06-08 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-804 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-804 P0b002ee18037268f f:d01804 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-804 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-804 GAO-01-804 Internal controls Performance measures Municipal governments Reporting requirements Strategic planning District of Columbia Other Written Product A01154 The District of Columbia's fiscal year 2000 performance report is an improvement over the previous year's in that it meets some of the statutory requirements that the previous report did not. However, the extensive changes that the District made to its fiscal year 2000 performance goals during the fiscal year undermine the usefulness of the resulting report because the District did not include critical information needed by Congress and other stakeholders. Such information, identifying how, when, and why specific goals were altered and the decision-making and accountability implications of those changes, is important to Congress and others so that they can have confidence in the validity and completeness of the reported performance data. Also, the report does not cover all significant activities of the District government. Sustained progress is needed to address the critical performance and other management challenges that the District faces. The District recognizes the shortcomings with its performance management efforts and has stated a commitment to addressing them. The effective implementation of the various initiatives underway in the District is vital to the success of the District's efforts to create a more focused, results-oriented approach to management and decision-making--an approach that is based on clear goals, sound performance and cost information, and a budget process that uses this information in allocating resources. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-804/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-804.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-804/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-804.pdf GAO-01-804 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-804 Other Written Product GAO-01-804; District of Columbia: Comments on Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Report; Internal controls Performance measures Municipal governments Reporting requirements Strategic planning District of Columbia Public Law 103-373