United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-04-14 monographic deposited born digital 36 p. GA 1.13:GGD-00-107 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-107 P0b002ee180380d03 f:gg00107 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-107 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-107 GGD-00-107 Performance measures Statutory law Accountability Strategic planning Reporting requirements Municipal governments Noncompliance Agency missions District of Columbia Letter Report GGD Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed whether the District of Columbia's annual performance report contained all the information required by law and, if not, why. This report transmits GAO's comments on the Mayor's performance report for fiscal year (FY) 1999, which was due on March 1, 2000, but was issued on March 7, 2000.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the Mayor's performance report does not contain the following required information for any of the 542 agency goals that GAO identified in the plan: (a) actual performance compared with two levels of planned performance; and (b) titles of the management employee and immediate supervisor most responsible for achieving each goal; (2) the Mayor could not comply with the requirement to compare actual performance with two levels of planned performance because the Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority's plan did not provide the two levels; (3) however, for 82 of the 542 goals, the Mayor's report does compare performance during the year with the one level of planned performance described in the Authority's plan; (4) of those 82 goals from the plan, the Mayor's report shows that 51 (62 percent) were met; (5) the report does not contain actual performance data for the remaining 460 goals; (6) the report does not describe, as required, the status of, or the steps taken to comply with, any of the court orders pertaining to the 12 civil actions concerning activities of the District government during FY 1999; (7) given the serious performance problems facing the District when the Mayor took office in January 1999, it is reasonable to expect that several cycles of planning and reporting will be needed to achieve all of the benefits that Congress envisioned when it passed this important law; and (8) the law's general approach requiring the District government to establish performance goals and then report on actual performance, if followed, can provide the District government with a disciplined foundation for improving its performance over time. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-107/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-107.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-107/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-107.pdf GAO/GGD-00-107 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-00-107 Letter Report GAO/GGD-00-107; District of Columbia Government: Performance Report's; Performance measures Statutory law Accountability Strategic planning Reporting requirements Municipal governments Noncompliance Agency missions District of Columbia Public Law 103-373 Public Law 105-100 Public Law 106-113