The Department of Defense’s, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
tries to control and reduce the threat of weapons of mass
destruction and support combat operations and technology
development. One thing it does not do, however, is
adequately report on its performance, the General Accounting
Office has said.
It said DTRA’s performance report resulting from its
internal review summarized its accomplishments and even
though DTRA’s planning process identifies long-term goals
and sets up short-term objectives to measure progress, the
agency failed to incorporate those findings in the report.
Without that information decision makers outside DTRA can’t
adequately assess its performance, said GAO.
DTRA also did not explain how it would meet goals called for
under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993,
which the agency’s strategic planning process is modeled
after, said GAO.
