Government Management: Addressing High Risks and Improving Performance and Accountability

摘要

This report discusses actions needed to address high-risk problems and improve performance and accountability across the federal government. It is particularly gratifying to present findings before this Committee, given its long-standing commitment to, and support of, our High-Risk Series. This Committee also deserves recognition as one of the key initiators of our new Performance and Accountability Series. Our set of performance and accountability detailed reports and the latest update to our high-risk series were issued to the Congress on January 25, 1999. Collectively, these reports show the serious challenges that must be confronted to achieve more efficient, effective, and economical federal operations and to build greater public respect for, and confidence in, their government. Providing this analysis at the beginning of the 106th Congress is an important way to assist congressional committees in shaping their oversight and legislative agendas. To further enhance understanding of these critical challenges, today I am sending each member of Congress an executive summary of the Performance and Accountability and High-Risk Series. This document outlines the actions needed to address these major management challenges and reduce risks to government performance and operations. It summarizes an extensive amount of GAO analyses covering virtually the entire federal government in a concise, highly readable document; I plan to provide more summaries in such a format to augment detailed GAO reports and communicate more effectively with Members on important issues.