| Major Management Challenges |
Specific Performance Goals |
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USAID has not implemented a comprehensive information management system. |
The plan identifies the goal of improving USAID’s management of information resources through the acquisition of commercial, off-the-shelf solutions for addressing property and human resource management requirements. The plan notes that these are to be deployed by fiscal year 2000, but it provides no details on the resources being targeted at this goal. |
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USAID’s financial management information is unreliable. |
The plan states that the agency has decided that the least cost, lowest risk approach to fulfill the financial management requirements is to purchase a commercial, off-the-shelf core accounting system. By fiscal year 2000, USAID expects to implement the new system in Washington followed by implementation in the field in 2001. |
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USAID could face disruptions due to the Year 2000 problem. |
The goal is to have completed the work to assure that all mission critical systems and their supporting infrastructure are Y2K compliant by the beginning of FY 2000. However, it is important to note that according to the agency’s own reporting, they are far behind the government’s required schedule. No measures or indicators are discussed in the plan. |
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Information Security |
None. |
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The quality of USAID’s performance data is questionable. |
None. |
