GAO has issued a report listing best practices federal agencies can employ under the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 and OMB guidance that ordered them to annually assess their progress in achieving objectives in their strategic plans.
The recommended practices, based on a review of steps taken by Education, NASA, USDA, HUD, EPA and DHS, are:
* Establish a process for conducting strategic reviews.
* Clarify and clearly define measurable outcomes for each strategic objective.
* Review the strategies and other factors that influence the outcomes and determine which are most important.
* Identify and include key stakeholders in the review.
* Identify and assess evidence related to strategic objective achievement.
* Assess effectiveness in achieving strategic objectives and identify actions needed to improve implementation and impact.
* Develop a process to monitor progress on needed actions.
