Finally, the scorecard is not designed for use in isolation from other components that make up our total consultation efforts. Rather, it is to be used in conjunction with GAO, CRS, and other analyses of draft plans, and, of course, oral discussions and written communications between the Congressional teams and their agencies. Using the scorecard, we conducted interim evaluations for each of the CFO agency draft strategic plans. Our teams are sharing these evaluations with their agencies, along with other relevant information. We believe it is important to share this information with OMB as well in order to assist your reviews of the plans between now and the end of September, with the hope and expectation that you share our desire for improved submissions on September 30.
Much work remains to be done .
We understand that it is unrealistic to expect agencies to achieve this ideal in the initial round of strategic plans. However, the actual scores illustrate rather starkly how far agencies are from the ideal and how much work remains to be done. Enclosure 1 shows the total scores for each agency plan and a breakdown of the total score by each of the 10 evaluation factors. The highest score to date is 62 out of 105. The lowest score is 6.5.