In 1993 the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) legislated the requirement for Federal Agencies to produce Strategic Plans, Annual Plans and Performance Reports. OMB interprets the requirements and provides guidelines for planning and reporting in OMB Circular A-11 section 6. The President´s Budget, with guidelines also prescribed in OMB Circular A-11, had included the GPRA Annual Plan and report on the prior year. Under the President´s Management Agenda "inclusion" has evolved to "integration" to what is now a Performance Budget that justifies the request for funds in terms of performance -- future planned and prior year actual. The GPRA required Annual Report has been merged with the Chief Financial Officers Act required Annual Financial Statements into a "Performance and Accountability Report" under the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000.

FY 2007 - 2012 DOI Strat Plan  (This link leaves the USGS)

FY 2003- 2008 DOI Strat Plan  (This link leaves the USGS)

Facing Tomorrow's Challenges—USGS Science in the Decade 2007-2017

Guidelines

• The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993  (This link leaves the USGS)
•  Reports Consolidation Act of 2000  (This link leaves the USGS;  PDF file)
• Preparation and Submission of Strategic Plans, Annual Performance Plans, and Annual Program Performance Reports  ( 2.9 MB  PDF file; part 6 only)
• Performance Management