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 1999-03-25 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:T-HEHS-99-93 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-99-93 P0b002ee18038b35d f:he99093t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-99-93 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-99-93 T-HEHS-99-93 Infants Preschool education Preschoolers Interagency relations Performance measures Strategic planning Federal aid programs Congressional/executive relations Agency missions Redundancy Head Start Program Special Education-Preschool Grants and Infants and Families Program Even Start Family Literacy Program GPRA Government Performance and Results Act Testimony HEHS Congress can use the Government Performance and Results Act to improve its oversight of crosscutting issues because the act requires agencies to develop strategic and annual performance plans that clearly specify goals, objectives, and measures for their programs. The Office of Management and Budget has developed guidance explaining that for crosscutting issues, agencies should describe efforts to coordinate so that goals are consistent and program efforts are mutually reinforcing. When GAO looked at the plans of the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, however, it found that the plans are not realizing their potential. Although the plans for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 address coordination to some extent, the departments have yet to describe in detail how they will coordinate or consolidate their efforts. Therefore, the potential for addressing the fragmentation and the duplication has not been realized, and GAO cannot assess whether the agencies are effectively working together on crosscutting issues. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-99-93/html/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-99-93.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-99-93/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-99-93.pdf GAO/T-HEHS-99-93 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-99-93 Testimony GAO/T-HEHS-99-93; Results Act: Using Agency Performance Plans to Oversee Early Childhood Programs; Infants Preschool education Preschoolers Interagency relations Performance measures Strategic planning Federal aid programs Congressional/executive relations Agency missions Redundancy Head Start Program Special Education-Preschool Grants and Infants and Families Program Even Start Family Literacy Program GPRA Government Performance and Results Act