Summary

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of State

OCG-99-12  January 1, 1999

Full Report (PDF, 39 pages)   

This publication is part of GAO's performance and accountability series which provides a comprehensive assessment of government management, particularly the management challenges and program risks confronting federal agencies. Using a "performance-based management" approach, this landmark set of reports focuses on the results of government programs--how they affect the American taxpayer--rather than on the processes of government. This approach integrates thinking about organization, product and service delivery, use of technology, and human capital practices into every decision about the results that the government hopes to achieve. The series includes an overview volume discussing governmentwide management issues and 20 individual reports on the challenges facing specific cabinet departments and independent agencies. The reports take advantage of the wealth of new information made possible by management reform legislation, including audited financial statements for major federal agencies, mandated by the Chief Financial Officers Act, and strategic and performance plans required by the Government Performance and Results Act. In a companion volume to this series, GAO also updates its high-risk list of government operations and programs that are particularly vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement.

Subject Terms

Accountability
Bombings
Computer security
Mission critical systems
Facility security
Federal agency reorganization
Financial management
Information resources management
Information security
Internal controls
Risk management
Strategic planning
Terrorism
Y2K
Dept. of State International Cooperative Administrative Support Services System
Kenya
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