GAO cost estimating and assessment guide : best practices for developing and managing capital program costs.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office.

Contributor:

Richey, Karen.

Echard, Jennifer.

Cha, Carol.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Administrative agencies.

United States.

Cost control--Government policy--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Cost control.

Cost control--Government policy.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 420 pages, digital, PDF file)

Other Title:

At head of title: Applied research and methods

Government Accountability Office cost estimating and assessment guide : best practices for developing and managing capital program costs

Best practices for developing and managing capital program costs

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The U.S. Government Accountability Office is responsible for, among other things, assisting the Congress in its oversight of the federal government, including agencies' stewardship of public funds. To use public funds effectively, the government must meet the demands of today's changing world by employing effective management practices and processes, including the measurement of government program performance. In addition, legislators, government officials, and the public want to know whether government programs are achieving their goals and what their costs are. To make those evaluations, reliable cost information is required and federal standards have been issued for the cost accounting that is needed to prepare that information. We developed the Cost Guide in order to establish a consistent methodology that is based on best practices and that can be used across the federal government for developing, managing, and evaluating capital program cost estimates.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-419).

Electronic reproduction. [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest, 2004. digital, PDF file. ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Mode of access: World Wide Web via ProQuest website.

Other Format:

Print version: United States. Government Accountability Office. GAO cost estimating and assessment guide

Microfiche version: United States. Government Accountability Office. GAO cost estimating and assessment guide. CIS 2009 J942-178

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