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Managing for Results: Observations on OMB's September 1997 Strategic Plan

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Oct. 6, 1997
Report No. T-AIMD/GGD-98-10
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Summary:

Since the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prepared a draft strategic plan in July 1997, the agency has made several changes. OMB's September plan, as a result, addresses all the required elements of the Government Performance and Results Act and responds to several GAO recommendations. Specific improvements include (1) goals and objectives that show a clearer results orientation, (2) more clearly defined strategies for achieving these goals and objectives, and (3) greater recognition of some of the crosscutting issues that OMB needs to address. However, the plan could benefit from enhancements to several of the plan's required elements and by a fuller discussion of major management challenges confronting the federal government. For example, the plan could discuss more explicitly OMB's strategies for information technology, high-risk issues, overlap among federal missions and programs, and strengthening program evaluation.

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