NPR, GAO at odds over number of action items
The National Performance Review has signed off on 380 of the 1,203 action items on the NPR agenda. In a report to Congress, however, the General Accounting Office challenged a substantial number of those completions, claiming that, in fact, only about 77 percent of NPR's number were actual completi
The National Performance Review has signed off on 380 of the 1,203 action items on the NPR agenda. In a report to Congress, however, the General Accounting Office challenged a substantial number of those completions, claiming that, in fact, only about 77 percent of NPR's number were actual completions.
Compared with the official wording of the NPR action items, GAO applied a variety of ratings to the disputed 66 items, ranging from a "Partially Implemented" to an "Other" designation where the letter of the item may not have been met but where action taken resulted in something approximate to the final intent of the item.
GAO met almost complete resistance from the intelligence community in its request for information, however. The CIA, for example, refused to give information on 20 of the action items the NPR said had been implemented; GAO was therefore unable to determine the status of those items.
GAO VERDICT ON DISPUTED NPR-COMPLETED IT ACTION ITEMS
Item Code Item Description GAO Rating
DOD04.03 Executive Order 12615 (Performance Not Implemented
of Commercial Activities) to be - Action Taken
replaced by new order
DOE03.05 Improve the capability of financial Not Implemented
management systems used to control - Action Taken
spending at laboratories and weapons
centers
DOI03.03 Federal Geographic Data Committee Not Implemented
to submit a schedule and funding plan - Action Taken
by Sept. 1994 for completing national
core geospatial data by Jan. 2000
DOI03.05 FGDC should, by June 1994, create a Other (implementation
geospatial data clearinghouse has occurred or action
taken is consistent with letter of item)
DOI11.01 DOI to implement standard practices Other
for electronic communications and an
agencywide data network strategy
DOJ09.01 DOJ should develop a departmentwide Partially Implemented
case management system for tracking
case status and staff productivity
DOT22.02 DOT to develop a resource allocation Other
model and integrate into GIS to better
allocate staff and travel budgets
FM04.05 Issue payments to individuals through Partially Implemented
electronic funds transfer or electronic
benefits transfer
GSA01.02 Allow agencies to choose whether to Partially Implemented
purchase GSA services and fund GSA
service delivery from customer revenue
HUD05.05 HUD should make cost-effective Partially Implemented
investments in financial management
IT12.01 Retain a portion of agency information Not Implemented
technology savings for reinvestment - Action Taken
IT13.03 Require IRM managers to meet Not Implemented
certification standards - Action Taken
IT13.05 Include training as part of all IT contracts Not Implemented
and acquisitions - Action Taken
PROC04.03 Establish a single electronic bulletin Not Implemented
information on contracting
PROC06.06 Identify and eliminate causes of protests Partially Implemented
and improve agency processes
PROC08.05 Identify and test innovative procurement Partially Implemented
strategies that reduce the costs of IT items
PROC12.01 Allow state and local governments, Partially Implemented
grantees and certain nonprofit agencies to
use federal supply contracts
SBA02.02 SBA's administrator should streamline Other
the 8(a) application process to reduce
the amount of time involved
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