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 2005-06-29 monographic deposited born digital 21 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-824T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-824T P0b002ee18037ee35 f:d05824t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-824T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-824T GAO-05-824T Accountability Budget functions Budgeting Fiscal policies Homeland security Information resources management Policy evaluation Risk management Strategic planning Performance-based budgeting Policies and procedures OMB Program Assessment Rating Tool Testimony A28398

Previous GAO work has outlined the nation's growing fiscal imbalance and called for a fundamental reexamination of the base of the federal government. The significant resources directed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) indicate that a robust homeland security program is viewed as critical to the protection and prosperity of Americans. This testimony addresses the need for a fundamental reexamination of the base of government, the role that performance budgeting tools can play in helping inform agency activities, and DHS's use of performance budgeting and risk management concepts. It also includes examples from GAO work on homeland security issues that highlight DHS attempts to define an acceptable and achievable level of risk. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-824T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-824T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-824T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-824T.pdf GAO-05-824T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-824T Testimony GAO-05-824T; Strategic Budgeting: Risk Management Principles Can Help DHS Allocate Resources to Highest Priorities; Accountability Budget functions Budgeting Fiscal policies Homeland security Information resources management Policy evaluation Risk management Strategic planning Performance-based budgeting Policies and procedures OMB Program Assessment Rating Tool Title 55 Section 306 55 U.S.C. 306 Volume 107 Page 285 107 Stat. 285 Volume 116 Page 2135 116 Stat. 2135 Public Law 103-62