Recommendations for Executive Action

1. Status: Closed - Implemented

   Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

   Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should establish formal periodic reviews of the agencywide mission and goals statement, which should be an element of the FEMA-wide planning process and could take the form of top management team building sessions similar to those that initially defined FEMA mission and goals.

   Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

2. Status: Closed - Implemented

   Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

   Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should evaluate the initial agencywide program and support activities' goals and objectives definitions to determine whether they are realistic, achievable, and to the extent possible, measurable.

   Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

3. Status: Closed - Implemented

   Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

   Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should evaluate the agency outputs that correspond to program and support activity goals and objectives to determine whether they provide adequate and appropriate performance indicators.

   Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

4. Status: Closed - Implemented

   Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

   Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should require a consistent planning process for internal directorate activities that would enhance the coordination and oversight of program activities that cross organizational lines.

   Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

5. Status: Closed - Implemented

   Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

   Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should develop performance reporting systems to communicate progress toward program goals at the top, directorate, and regional management levels.

   Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

6. Status: Closed - Implemented

   Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

   Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should establish a capability for conducting program evaluations throughout the agency.

   Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

7. Status: Closed - Implemented

   Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

   Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should use program evaluation results, once available, in establishing future goals, objectives, and outputs.

   Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

8. Status: Closed - Implemented

   Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

   Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should establish a plan that adequately reflects the activities and resources needed to achieve the 1983 goal of a fully approved and functioning accounting system.

   Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

9. Status: Closed - Implemented

   Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

   Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should establish sufficient linkage between the planning, budgeting, and evaluation process to make each one an integral part of the overall management system.

   Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

10. Status: Closed - Implemented

    Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

    Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should strengthen the central budget office's ability to adequately support top management during budget preparation and execution.

    Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

11. Status: Closed - Implemented

    Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

    Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should improve the executive development program by implementing the recommendations made by the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation.

    Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

12. Status: Closed - Implemented

    Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

    Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should develop and implement affirmative action plan goals as soon as the necessary information is available.

    Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

13. Status: Closed - Implemented

    Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

    Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should complete the review and update of all inaccurate position descriptions.

    Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

14. Status: Closed - Implemented

    Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

    Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should establish a capability in the Office of Personnel to assess whether performance plans are reasonable; relate to organizational goals, objectives, and tasks; and are measurable to the extent practicable.

    Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

15. Status: Closed - Not Implemented

    Comments: It had been the intention of this recommendation to control FY 1982 yearend spending. Relevance of this recommendation lapsed with the end of that fiscal year. However, FEMA is developing a capability to improve control of yearend spending for future fiscal years. Evidence of that capability is based on unverified testimony. Verification requires a more detailed review.

    Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should direct the Requisition Review Board to analyze yearend procurements for fiscal year (FY) 1982 and determine whether there is improvement over prior years.

    Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

16. Status: Closed - Implemented

    Comments: A FEMA procurement official recently advised that the reporting system is now on-line and startup problems are being worked out.

    Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should develop a procurement reporting process that integrates with the accounting and budgeting systems and compares the actual and planned status of procurement actions.

    Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

17. Status: Closed - Implemented

    Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

    Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should assign organizational responsibility within FEMA for improving or developing management information systems.

    Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

18. Status: Closed - Implemented

    Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

    Recommendation: The Director, FEMA, should establish one or more management information systems to systematically provide top management with information for planning, implementing, and evaluating FEMA activities.

    Agency Affected: Federal Emergency Management Agency

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