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Transcript for: GAO's Management Agenda

Description: Chris Mihm, Managing Director, Strategic Issues, describes
how the management agenda can help policy makers and other leaders
address existing problems and ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of
new policies going forward.

Related GAO Work: Presidential and Congressional Transition

Released: November 2016


Hello, I'm Chris Mihm, Managing Director of Strategic Issues here at the
Government Accountability Office. 

As part of GAO's efforts to provide information for leaders during the
Presidential and congressional transitions, we've prepared a Management
Agenda to inform new leaders of the critical management challenges that
must be confronted to improve government operations and results across
the board. 
 
The Management Agenda focuses on challenges in eight vital areas: 

Managing finances to improve the nation's fiscal condition, managing
acquisitions to maximize cost savings and performance, developing and
managing information technology to meet government's needs,
strengthening Cybersecurity over sensitive data and protecting critical
infrastructure, strengthening human capital capabilities to enhance
performance, enhancing collaboration between federal agencies, and among
different levels of government, to achieve national outcomes, measuring
and improving federal agency performance to better achieve results, and
promoting transparency and open government to enhance civic engagement
and foster innovation.
 
Attention to these areas can help address existing problems and can also
ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of any new policies and programs
going forward. 
 
The Management Agenda webpage distills thousands of GAO reports and
recommendations to help leaders focus on specific challenges and then
take the actions needed.    
 
In addition, anyone who desires more detailed information on any of the
challenges we outlined can use the Management Agenda to access related
GAO work and talk to key GAO experts.  We hope this tool makes it easier
for our leaders to improve the management and operations of the federal
government.