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 2002-12-10 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-03-9 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-9 P0b002ee180398d99 f:d039 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-9 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-9 GAO-03-9 Performance measures Planning programming budgeting General management reviews OMB Program Assessment and Rating Tool Other Written Product A05699 Encouraging a clearer and closer link between budgeting, planning, and performance is essential to improving federal management and instilling a greater focus on results. Through work at various levels within the organization, this report on the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)--and its two companion studies on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (GAO-03-258) and the Veterans Health Administration (GAO-03-10)--records (1) what managers considered successful efforts at creating linkages between planning and performance information to influence resource choices and (2) the challenges managers face in creating these linkages. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-9/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-9.htm GAO-03-9 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-9 Other Written Product GAO-03-9; Managing for Results: Efforts to Strengthen the Link Between Resources and Results at the Administration for Children and Families; Performance measures Planning programming budgeting General management reviews OMB Program Assessment and Rating Tool Public Law 97-35 Public Law 105-285