Inspectors General: Efforts to Develop Strategic Plans

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on inspectors general (IG) strategic planning efforts, focusing on: (1) which IGs presently prepare strategic plans; (2) the extent to which strategic plans were consistent with the Government Performance and Results Act requirements; (3) additional information IGs included in their strategic plans; (4) the extent to which IGs used their respective agencies' strategic plans to develop their own plans; (5) the extent to which IGs have been involved in developing their agencies' strategic plans; (6) the extent to which a strategic plan prepared consistent with the requirements of the Results Act would be useful to Congress, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the IG; and (7) IGs' views on statutorily requiring them to prepare strategic plans.