U.S. Department of Transportation 41-03
Contact: Ben Langer, 202-366-5580
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mineta Calls
for Comments on Strategic Plan
“As we develop a new vision for transportation and redefine our core mission, we look forward to comments from responsible people and organizations throughout the United States to help shape this vision and determine steps for achieving it,” Secretary Mineta said.
All federal agencies are required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 to develop strategic and performance plans. The plans are to describe the goals that agencies intend to achieve, how they plan to achieve those goals, and what funding resources are needed. At the end of each year, agencies are required to report to Congress on how well they did against the goals set. Their purpose is to help build and maintain public confidence in government.
When agencies’ strategic plans were last rated in September 1997, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s plan received the highest Congressional ranking.
The draft strategic plan is on the World Wide Web at http://stratplan.dot.gov/. Comments should be submitted before May 23 and may be sent by email to strategicplan@ost.dot.gov; by fax to Strategic Plan Coordinator, 202-366-7618; by mail to U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Attn: Strategic Plan Coordinator, Mail Stop: P-100; 400 Seventh Street S.W., Washington, DC 20590.
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