United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Office of the Comptroller General author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-01-01 monographic deposited born digital 134 p. GA 1.13:OCG-99-1 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-OCG-99-1 P0b002ee1803a2271 f:cg99001 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-OCG-99-1 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-OCG-99-1 OCG-99-1 Internal controls Performance measures Accountability Risk management Information resources management Financial management Personnel management Financial statements Strategic planning Federal agency reorganization Performance and Accountability Series 1999 Letter Report OCG As part of its Performance and Accountability Series, GAO provided information on the major management challenges and program risks facing federal agencies.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) many agencies continue to struggle with the basic tenets of performance-based management; (2) challenges for federal agencies include: (a) defining appropriate results-oriented goals and measures; (b) aligning organizations and programs in response to current and emerging demands; (c) rationalizing crosscutting federal program efforts; (d) creating performance-based intergovernmental partnerships; and (e) developing the capability to gather and use program performance information to make decisions; (3) the federal government's performance has been limited by a failure to manage on the basis of a clear understanding of the results that agencies are to achieve and how performance will be gauged; (4) agencies' effectiveness has been undermined by outmoded organizational and program structures; (5) organizational issues also are of concern in program areas where responsibilities are shared among two or more agencies; (6) a challenge for agencies is to ensure that modern information technology management practices are consistently defined and properly implemented; (7) while progress is being made in designing and implementing information technology investment management strategies, current federal practices fall short of the statutory expectations; (8) federal decisionmakers must have reliable and timely performance and financial information to ensure adequate accountability, manage for results, and make timely and well-informed judgments; (9) major challenges must be overcome, both at the agency level and for the U.S. government as a whole in preparing reliable financial statements; (10) human capital planning must be an integral part of an organization's strategic and program planning; (11) while every agency GAO examined has made progress in becoming more performance-based, the pace and degree of that progress has been uneven across agencies; and (12) agencies need to recognize that implementing performance-based management is not a one-time occurrence but must become the routine basis for how agencies do business and respond to current and emerging challenges. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-OCG-99-1/html/GAOREPORTS-OCG-99-1.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-OCG-99-1/pdf/GAOREPORTS-OCG-99-1.pdf GAO/OCG-99-1 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-OCG-99-1 Letter Report GAO/OCG-99-1; Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: A Governmentwide Perspective; Internal controls Performance measures Accountability Risk management Information resources management Financial management Personnel management Financial statements Strategic planning Federal agency reorganization Performance and Accountability Series 1999