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GAO Recommends Improvements in DTRA Performance Reporting
The U.S. Defense Department’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency needs to improve its performance reporting to compare accomplishments with preset objectives, according to a U.S. General Accounting Office report released Friday (see GSN, Dec. 10, 2003). The agency, which has a fiscal 2004 budget of more than $2 billion, works to address the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction through four functions — threat control, threat reduction, combat support and technology development. As part of its efforts, the agency has established links with the Energy Department — through its formal relationship with the National Nuclear Security Administration — and the Homeland Security Department. According to the GAO report, which was commissioned by Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), DTRA’s annual performance report only documents the agency’s activities and accomplishments. The report does not, however, document the extent to which those accomplishments met preset objectives, nor does it explain why preset goals may not have been met, the report says. In its report, the GAO recommended that DTRA improve its performance reporting by comparing actual accomplishments with preset goals, and explain why those goals were not met when appropriate. The report says the agency agreed with the GAO’s recommendation (U.S. General Accounting Office release, Feb. 13).
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