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Special Publications: Issue Area Planning in GAO

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Oct. 7, 1980
Report No. 113587
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Summary:

This manual for preparing program plans sets out the policies and procedures used in the GAO issue area planning system. The guidelines include the program planning process, updating plans, components of the issue area plan, resource usage and allocations in the issue area, analysis guidelines, issue area boundary guidelines, and directions for areas-of-concern and line-of-effort guidelines. Modifications include division establishment of objectives, incorporation of the essential elements of the accountability model into the line-of-effort discussion, the elimination of priority/nonpriority designations for lines-of-effort, a requirement that divisions record the amount of resources that will be spent in each line-of-effort over the life of the program plan, and capitalization on the strengths of both the Washington and field staffs in plan development.

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