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Project
Management A series of legislative acts during the 1990's has focused on implementing
more effective general and financial management practices in the Federal
Government, with enhanced accountability to agency shareholders, the
American taxpayer. The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 established
the position of Chief Financial Officer for each major Federal agency
and required the preparation and publication of audited financial statements
for selected programs. The Government Performance and Results Act of
1993 shifted the focus of Federal program management from reporting administrative
procedures and activities to reporting actual results or outcome of program
implementation. The Government Management Reform Act of 1994 mandated
the preparation and publication of audited financial statements for all
accounts and associated activities of each office, bureau, and activity
of all executive branch agencies. In combination, the Acts provided for
improvement in accounting, financial management, financial information,
and internal controls. In addition, Executive Order 12088 requires the
submission of environmental plans by Federal agencies to the Environmental
Protection Agency, who reviews and analyzes the plans and forwards the
analysis to the Office of Management and Budget. The process of submitting,
reviewing, and analyzing agency plans is referred to as the FEDPLAN process. Rather than considering these requirements to be an imposition on our
activities, NOAA's Environmental Compliance and Safety Staff considers
these requirements to be conducive to good management and has aggressively
implemented these, and other, requirements to develop a responsive, responsible
program.
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