U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO/GGD-97-109, The Government Performance and Results Act: 1997 Governmentwide Implementation Will Be Uneven. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1997. http://www.gao.gov/assets/160/155907.pdf (accessed 19 December 2011).

This report assesses the status of the Government Performance and Results Act’s implementation efforts, and identifies significant challenges confronting executive agencies in their efforts to become more results-oriented. The report also describes 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.