Financial management : NOAA needs to better document its policies and procedures for providing management and administration services : report to Congressional Committees / U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Management.

United States.

United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Finance--Management.

United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Appropriations and expenditures--Management.

United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Administrative agencies--United States--Appropriations and expenditures--Management.

Administrative agencies.

Civil service--United States--Finance--Management.

Civil service.

Expenditures, Public.

Finance--Management.

Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 46 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

NOAA needs to better document its policies and procedures for providing management and administration services

Management and administration services

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2011]

Summary:

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a bureau within the Department of Commerce (Commerce). To help achieve NOAA's program goals, it relies on management and administration (M & A) services, such as legal support and information technology. In response to the fiscal year 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act Conference Report, GAO (1) examined how NOAA's M & A services are funded, (2) assessed the extent to which NOAA's policies and procedures for M & A services conform to applicable standards, and (3) estimated salaries and expenses for NOAA's budget for fiscal year 2009. Among other things, GAO reviewed documents on M & A services and data on M & A costs from NOAA officials for its headquarters; line offices, which are responsible for executing NOAA's programs; and a subset of financial management centers (FMC) within the line offices, which manage specific programs and projects. GAO recommends that NOAA require its headquarters, line offices, and FMCs to document in a manual or handbook their policies and procedures for the M & A services they provide in line with federal cost accounting and internal control standards. NOAA reviewed a draft of this report and concurred with the recommendation."

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 4, 2011).

"January 2011."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-11-226."

OCLC:

701251010