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Results Act: Observations on SBA's September 30, 1997, Strategic Plan

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Oct. 29, 1997
Report No. T-RCED-98-31
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Summary:

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.

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