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 2005-10-28 monographic deposited born digital 93 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-96 P0b002ee180377b88 f:d0696 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-96 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-96 GAO-06-96 Data integrity Environmental monitoring Federal/state relations Financial analysis Funds management Performance appraisal Performance measures Program evaluation Program management Reporting requirements Strategic planning Water pollution Water quality Water resources conservation Wildlife conservation Environmental restoration Program goals or objectives Chesapeake Bay EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Other Written Product A40561 The Chesapeake Bay Program (Bay Program) was created in 1983 when Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, and EPA agreed to establish a partnership to restore the Chesapeake Bay. Their most recent agreement, Chesapeake 2000, sets out an agenda and five broad goals to guide these efforts through 2010 and contains 102 commitments that the partners agreed to accomplish. GAO was asked to examine (1) the extent to which appropriate measures for assessing restoration progress have been established, (2) the extent to which current reporting mechanisms clearly and accurately describe the bay's overall health, (3) how much funding was provided for the effort for fiscal years 1995 through 2004, and (4) how effectively the effort is being coordinated and managed. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-96/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-96.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-96/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-96.pdf GAO-06-96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-96 Other Written Product GAO-06-96; Chesapeake Bay Program: Improved Strategies Are Needed to Better Assess, Report, and Manage Restoration Progress; Data integrity Environmental monitoring Federal/state relations Financial analysis Funds management Performance appraisal Performance measures Program evaluation Program management Reporting requirements Strategic planning Water pollution Water quality Water resources conservation Wildlife conservation Environmental restoration Program goals or objectives Chesapeake Bay EPA Chesapeake Bay Program