United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1997-07-11 monographic deposited born digital 26 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-97-172R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-172R P0b002ee180393854 f:he97172r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-172R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-172R HEHS-97-172R Strategic planning Agency missions Interagency relations Public administration Strategic information systems planning Information resources management Employment or training programs Occupational health/safety programs Intergovernmental relations Congressional/executive relations Correspondence HEHS

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Labor's June 1997 draft strategic plan.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) to meet the Government Performance and Results Act's requirement for an agency strategic plan, Labor elected to submit individual plans from various agency component units supplemented by a strategic plan overview that addresses some Results Act requirements at the agency level; (2) however, Labor's overview does not meet Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance to provide an agencywide strategic overview that links individual strategic plans; (3) while Labor's strategic plan overview contains a mission statement for the agency, as required, the statement itself does not appear to be sufficiently descriptive of Labor's basic purpose; (4) Labor's strategic plan overview also does not appear to meet the requirement contained in OMB Circular A-11 that it contain an overall statement of departmental goals; (5) instead, Labor has excerpted and listed the goals contained in the component unit plans; (6) although Labor did not include agency goals in its strategic overview, the Department set forth agencywide goals in recent congressional testimony; (7) the goals stated in the overview and in individual unit plans are consistent with Labor's statutory responsibilities; (8) in addition, the mission statements cover all of Labor's major functions and operations; (9) Labor's strategic plan overview recognizes the roles of other organizations, such as other federal agencies and state and local governments, and the importance of establishing partnerships in carrying out such functions as ensuring safe and healthful workplaces; (10) the overview does not acknowledge that the nation's federally funded employment training system is a patchwork of multiple programs, many of which are in departments and agencies other than Labor; nor does it set forth goals pertaining to the development of a cohesive, integrated, and coordinated system; (11) Labor's capacity to provide reliable information for use in its agencywide management is questionable; (12) Labor's overview plan does not discuss with any specificity how Labor plans to use information technology to achieve its mission, goals, and objectives; nor does the plan describe with sufficient clarity how Labor intends to use information technology to improve performance and reduce costs; and (13) Labor's strategic overview plan could be improved by including a discussion of its technology investment control process, a process that can help agencies reduce the risk and maximize the net benefits from their information technology investments. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-172R/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-172R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-172R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-172R.pdf GAO/HEHS-97-172R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-97-172R Correspondence GAO/HEHS-97-172R; The Results Act: Observations on Department of Labor's June 1997 Draft Strategic Plan; Strategic planning Agency missions Interagency relations Public administration Strategic information systems planning Information resources management Employment or training programs Occupational health/safety programs Intergovernmental relations Congressional/executive relations Title 5 Section 8101 Title 5 Section 8123 Title 5 Section 8145 5 U.S.C. 8101 5 U.S.C. 8123 5 U.S.C. 8145 Title 29 Section 1001 Title 29 Section 1501 Title 29 Section 1579(d) Title 29 Section 1651 Title 29 Section 1721 Title 29 Section 1721(a)(3)(c) Title 29 Section 1 Title 29 Section 201 Title 29 Section 327 Title 29 Section 49 Title 29 Section 651 29 U.S.C. 1001 29 U.S.C. 1501 29 U.S.C. 1579(d) 29 U.S.C. 1651 29 U.S.C. 1721 29 U.S.C. 1721(a)(3)(c) 29 U.S.C. 1 29 U.S.C. 201 29 U.S.C. 327 29 U.S.C. 49 29 U.S.C. 651 Title 30 Section 801 Title 30 Section 901 30 U.S.C. 801 30 U.S.C. 901 Title 33 Section 901 33 U.S.C. 901 Title 40 Section 276a 40 U.S.C. 276a Title 41 Section 351 41 U.S.C. 351 Title 42 Section 1101 Title 42 Section 501 42 U.S.C. 1101 42 U.S.C. 501