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 2004-02-13 monographic deposited born digital 34 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-343SP https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-343SP P0b002ee1803a534b f:d04343sp DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-343SP machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-343SP GAO-04-343SP Agency missions Budgeting Customer service Interagency relations Intragovernmental fund accounts Personnel management Public administration Education or training Performance measures Productivity in government Personnel recruiting Human resources utilization Chief operating officers Other Written Product A09289 As we face the challenges of the 21st century, the federal government must strive to build high-performing organizations. Nothing less than a fundamental transformation in the people, processes, technology, and environment used by federal agencies to address public goals will be necessary to address public needs. In high-performing organizations, management controls, processes, practices, and systems are adopted that are consistent with prevailing best practices and contribute to concrete organizational results. Ultimately, however, the federal government needs to change its culture to become more results-oriented, client- and customer-focused, and collaborative in nature. On November 6, 2003, GAO hosted a forum to discuss what it means for a federal agency to be high-performing in an environment where results and outcomes are increasingly accomplished through partnerships that cut across different levels of government and different sectors of the economy. The forum included discussions of the metrics, means, and mechanisms that a federal agency should use to optimize its influence and contribution to nationally important results and outcomes. The forum included representatives of the public, not-for-profit, and for-profit sectors as well as academia who are knowledgeable of what it takes for organizations to become high-performing. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-343SP/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-343SP.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-343SP/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-343SP.pdf GAO-04-343SP https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-343SP Other Written Product GAO-04-343SP; Comptroller General's Forum: High-Performing Organizations: Metrics, Means, and Mechanisms for Achieving High Performance in the 21st Century Public Management Environment; Agency missions Budgeting Customer service Interagency relations Intragovernmental fund accounts Personnel management Public administration Education or training Performance measures Productivity in government Personnel recruiting Human resources utilization Chief operating officers Public Law 108-136