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 1999-10-15 monographic deposited born digital 20 p. GA 1.13:T-GGD-00-26 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-00-26 P0b002ee18037695a f:gg00026t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-00-26 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-00-26 T-GGD-00-26 Agency missions Total quality management Performance measures Private sector practices Productivity in government Federal agency reorganization Internal controls Accountability Strategic planning Performance and Accountability Series 1999 Testimony GGD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed efforts to improve the management and performance of the federal government.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) serious and disciplined efforts are needed to attack the management problems confronting some of the federal government's largest agencies; (2) successful management improvement efforts often contain a number of common critical elements, including top leadership commitment and accountability, the integration of management improvement initiatives into programmatic decisions, planning to chart the direction the improvements will take, employee involvement in the change efforts, organizational realignment to streamline operations and clarify accountability, and congressional involvement and oversight; and (3) experience has shown that when these elements are in place, lasting management reforms are more likely to be implemented that ultimately lead to improvements in the performance and cost-efficiency of government. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-00-26/html/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-00-26.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-00-26/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-00-26.pdf GAO/T-GGD-00-26 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-00-26 Testimony GAO/T-GGD-00-26; Management Reform: Elements of Successful Improvement; Agency missions Total quality management Performance measures Private sector practices Productivity in government Federal agency reorganization Internal controls Accountability Strategic planning Performance and Accountability Series 1999