United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1997-10-29 monographic deposited born digital 11 p. GA 1.13:T-RCED-98-31 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-31 P0b002ee1803a1010 f:rc98031t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-31 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-31 T-RCED-98-31 Strategic planning Disaster relief aid Small business assistance Agency missions Program evaluation Internal controls Management information systems Congressional/executive relations Information resources management Interagency relations GPRA Government Performance and Results Act Testimony RCED The Small Business Administration's (SBA) September 1997 draft strategic plan represents an improvement over its March 1997 version. The September plan contains the six elements required by the Government Performance and Results Act; the strategic goals are more clearly linked to the agency's mission and are more amenable to measurement; and the strategies and performance measures are more clearly linked to the objectives that they are intended to achieve and measure. Other improvements in the September plan encompass a mission statement that now includes the disaster loan program for families and more accurately reflects SBA's statutory authorities, greater recognition that SBA's success in achieving its goals and objectives depends on the actions of others, and the addition of a section discussing how SBA's programs and activities interact with those of other federal agencies. At the same time, the September plan could be further improved to better meet the purposes of the Results Act. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-31/html/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-31.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-31/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-31.pdf GAO/T-RCED-98-31 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-98-31 Testimony GAO/T-RCED-98-31; Results Act: Observations on SBA's September 30, 1997, Strategic Plan; Strategic planning Disaster relief aid Small business assistance Agency missions Program evaluation Internal controls Management information systems Congressional/executive relations Information resources management Interagency relations GPRA Government Performance and Results Act