Bill to Require Federal Agencies to Post Strategic Plans, Etc. Cleared for President
On December 16, 2010, the Senate passed H.R. 2142, the Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Performance Improvement Act of 2010. The House passed H.R. 2142 on December 21, 2010, clearing the measure for the President.
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According to a Congressional Research Service summary, H.R. 2142 would, among other things:
Strategic and performance plans. Require each executive agency to (i) make its strategic plan available on its public Web site and to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and (ii) make its annual performance plan (and updates) available on its public website and notify the President and Congress
Federal government performance plan. Require OMB to coordinate with agencies to develop a federal government performance plan, which would be submitted with the annual federal budget and concurrently made available on an OMB website of agency programs.
Evaluation of agency performance. Direct OMB, each fiscal year, to determine whether each agency's programs or activities meet performance goals and objectives outlined in the agency performance plans and to submit a report on unmet goals to the agency head, specified congressional committees, and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Agencies would be required to take certain actions when they fail to meet its performance goals.
Single web site. Direct OMB to ensure the effective operation of a single Web site that provides information in a way that presents a coherent picture of all federal programs and of the performance of the federal government and individual agencies.
Identify outdated or duplicative plans, reports. Require each agency, annually, to compile and submit to OMB a list of all plans and reports the agency produces for Congress and a list that identifies a specified percentage of those (at least 10% in the first year) as outdated or duplicative. This list would be included in the annual federal budget submitted by the President.