Performance-Based Organizations: Issues for the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Proposal
GGD-97-74
Published: May 15, 1997. Publicly Released: May 15, 1997.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO compared the characteristics of the British government's Next Steps Program and the performance based organization (PBO) concept, focusing on: (1) the changes and effects the PBO concept potentially could have on the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC); and (2) how PBO status would potentially affect SLSDC's financing mechanism, management structure, accountability for performance, and congressional oversight.
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