OMB deputy director for management Clay Johnson has
outlined key element necessary for agencies to solve
the problems identified by the Government Accountability
Office in its high-risk series: top management
commitment to solving the problem; a clear picture of
what needs to be accomplished; a clear, aggressive
action plan for solving the problem; and, a clear
definition of who’s responsible overall, and who’s
supposed to do what, by when.
Johnson noted progress made by programs on GAO’s list,
including the following:
The average time it takes to complete the security
clearance process has been reduced by six percent –
or 18 days – and plans are in place to meet the
December 2006 performance goals laid out in the 2004
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act.
Internal Revenue Service enforcement revenues have
increased by almost 10 percent to a record $47.3
billion, and audits of individuals with incomes over
$100,000 surpassed 219,000, the highest figure in 10
years.
DoD has created a Business Transformation Agency to
be responsible for it business transformation and
systems modernization.
To make sure that federal agencies are maintaining
their real property inventories at the right size,
cost, and condition, 12 of the 15 President’s
Management Agenda scorecard agencies have developed
approved asset management plans, and the first-ever
government-wide real property inventory has resulted
in reporting on approximately 90 percent of the
administrative real estate assets within the federal
inventory.
Johnson also said the federal government’s information
systems are now 85 percent secure, up from 79 percent
last year, although the fiscal 2005 federal computer
security scorecard showed a continuation of the prior
year’s rating of D-plus.