The Government Performance and Results Act: 1997 Governmentwide Implementation Will be Uneven
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The Government Performance and Results Act: 1997 Governmentwide Implementation Will be Uneven

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  • Corporate Creators:
    United States. Government Accountability Office
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  • Publication/ Report Number:
    GAO/GGD-97-109
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    Tech Report
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Government Accountability Office
  • Abstract:
    A consensus that the nation's persistent federal deficit must be addressed and that the effectiveness of federal programs must improve substantially has spurred widespread efforts in the executive branch and Congress to dramatically change the way the federal government is managed. During the 1990s, Congress enacted a broad statutory framework, with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 as its centerpiece, to improve the management and accountability of federal agencies. In essence, the Act, which is referred to as 'GPRA' or 'the Results Act,' seeks to shift the focus of federal management and decision-making away from a preoccupation with the activities that are undertaken to a focus on the results of those activities as reflected in citizens' lives. Congress understood that the management changes required to effectively implement the Results Act would not come quickly or easily. The Act therefore included a phased implementation approach that began in fiscal year 1994 with pilot projects on the Act's performance planning and reporting requirements. Under the Results Act, GAO is to report to Congress on the implementation of the Act, including the prospects for compliance by executive agencies beyond those that participated in the pilot phase. This report culminates GAO's efforts to meet that mandate. GAO's specific objectives for this report were to (1) assess the status of the Results Act's implementation efforts; (2) identify significant challenges confronting executive agencies in their efforts to become more results oriented; and (3) describe ongoing efforts to integrate program, cost, and budget information into a reporting framework that allows for fuller consideration of resource allocations, operational costs, and performance results.
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