| | Planning and PerformancePlanning, performance, and accountability are closely related to the formulation and implementation of funding requests and are carried out by means of:
-- The Department of State and USAID Strategic Plan supports the policy positions set forth in the National Security Strategy and presents how the Department and USAID will implement U.S. foreign policy and development assistance. -- The Department of State Performance Summary (The Plan) specifies the performance outcomes that the Department aims to accomplish, along with how the Department will accomplish the results and how the Department will verify the results. -- The Department of State's Performance and Accountability Report provides performance and financial information that enables Congress, the President, and the public the ability to assess the performance of the Department relative to its mission and for stewardship of the resources entrusted to it. -- The Remediation Plan fulfills the State Department's statutory reporting requirement under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996. FFMIA requires an agency to submit a Remediation Plan when the agency's financial systems are not in substantial compliance with Federal accounting standards, the U.S. Government Standard General Ledger at the transaction level, or Federal financial management systems requirements. | | Highlights | Department of State and USAID Strategic Plan The FY 2004-2009 strategic plan is now available.
Performance Summary (The Plan) The FY 2005 Summary is now available.
Performance and Accountability Highlights The FY 2003 Performance and Accountability Highlights is now available.
Performance and Accountability Report --Read about the awards the Department won for its FY 2002 and FY 2003 reports. --The FY 2004 report combines detailed information on the Department's audited financial statements and performance results achieved. The annual report is submitted to the President, Congress, and the public and describes how well the Department performed in managing its programs and finances. |
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