What is the Government Performance Results Act (GPRA)?
GPRA is a law, enacted in 1993, that requires Federal agencies to undertake a number of planning and reporting activities. Its purposes include: • to improve the confidence of the American public in its government • to increase the effectiveness of Federal programs • to improve government accountability with a new focus on results, service quality, and customer satisfaction • to help Federal managers improve service delivery and overall internal management • to improve Congressional decision-making GPRA requires Federal agencies to develop strategic plans, to link these plans to specific measures of their performance, and to report to Congress, OMB, and their Cabinet heads on their progress in achieving their strategic goals and objectives. What is the purpose of USDAs strategic plan? The plan is intended to define what the Department seeks to accomplish over the next five years, to identify the strategies it will use to achieve desired results, and then to determine how well it succee
