USDA Strategic Plan
and FNS
All
Federal Departments are required to
prepare five-year strategic plans that
identify their key goals and objectives,
their strategies for attaining them, and
measures of progress. USDA's
most recent strategic plan, covering
2005-2010, was released in June 2006. It
is available on the web at http://www.ocfo.usda.gov/usdasp/sp2005/sp2005.pdf.
USDA’s Strategic Goal 5, “Improve
the Nation’s Nutrition and Health,”
sets out the major objectives for the 15
Federal nutrition assistance programs
administered by the Food and Nutrition
Service – programs designed to work
together to improve food security and
diet quality for children and low-income
people throughout the United States. Goal
5 includes performance measures that
assess progress with regard to these
outcomes, as well key indicators of
effective program management and
stewardship of Federal funds.
The work of the
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
mission area is captured under Goal
5’s three supporting objectives.
Objective
5.1: Improve Access to Nutritious Food,
representing FNS’s efforts to reduce
and prevent hunger by providing
food-based nutrition assistance program
benefits.
Objective
5.2: Promote Healthier Eating Habits and
Lifestyles, representing the work of
FNS, along with its sister agency, the
Center for Nutrition Policy and
Promotion (CNPP), to support and
encourage healthful diets through
state-of-the art, science-based
nutrition guidance and information, and
strong nutrient standards and nutrition
education.
Objective
5.3: Improve Nutrition Assistance
Program Management and Customer Service,
representing FNS’s ongoing commitment
to maximize the accuracy of benefits
issued and the efficiency and
effectiveness of program operations, and
to minimize fraud.
USDA's strategic plan provides an
organizing structure for a corporate
priority-setting process that promotes
focused and effective management of
scarce administrative resources.
To ensure accountability, these
priorities are linked to the performance
standards of Agency staff.
FNS planned priorities for FY
2007 include:
USDA Goal 5
- General
USDA
Objective 5.1: Improve Access to
Nutritious Food
USDA
Objective 5.2: Promote Healthier Eating
Habits and Lifestyles
USDA
Objective 5.3: Improve Nutrition
Assistance Program Management and
Customer Service
Click
here for a brochure explaining FNS's
planning system, its priorities for the
current fiscal year, and their
relationship to the USDA Strategic Plan
2005-2010.
Frequently
Asked Questions:
Annual
Performance Plans and Reports
Each year, the Department prepares as
part of its budget an Annual
Performance Plan (APP) that
explains the annual performance goals,
derived from the five-year strategic
plan, that each intends to pursue for
the year, and links them to agency
resources. Click on the links below to
download the USDA Budget Summary and APP
in PDF format:
USDA also prepares Performance
and Accountability Reports (PARs)
for submission to the President and
Congress that document and assess
program performance in relation to the
goals set in the APP. Click on the links
below to download these reports in PDF
format:
We welcome your comments or questions
about our planning system. Click here to send an e-mail to FNS.
Last modified: 12/04/2008
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