The objective of our audit was to determine the extent to which the Department had processes for ensuring that FSA’s FY 2020–2024 strategic goals, objectives, and related performance indicators were effective.
FSA did not have documented processes to guide its strategic planning and to ensure that the strategic goals, objectives, and performance indicators included in the FY 2020–2024 Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan) were effective. Only after a new Chief Operating Officer for FSA had been officially installed in March 2019 (only 6 months before the start of the performance period) did FSA start its strategic planning activities. Based in part on the late start of this process, FSA did not issue the final Strategic Plan until December 2020, more than 14 months after the start of the performance period.
We made two recommendations: (1) that FSA design and document processes to guide FSA through future strategic planning; and (2) that the Department and FSA ensure that they timely execute and make publicly available the Chief Operating Officer's annual performance agreement.
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