Defense health
Subtitle: management weaknesses at Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury require attention : report to Congressional requesters
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 42
Subjects: Management; Finance; Planning; Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury (U.S.)
Other titles: Management weaknesses at Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury require attention; Defense Centers of Excellence for PH and TBI
Description: The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCOE) was established to lead DOD's effort to develop excellence in DOD prevention, outreach, and care for those with psychological health and traumatic brain injury conditions. GAO was asked to report on (1) challenges DCOE has faced in its development; (2) the extent to which DCOE's strategic plan aligns with key practices used by leading public-sector organizations; and (3) the extent to which internal controls provide reasonable assurance that DCOE information on financial obligations is reliable for management decision making. GAO reviewed documentation and interviewed DCOE officials about DCOE development challenges, evaluated DCOE's strategic plan against practices used by leading public-sector organizations, assessed the design of internal controls for recording obligations, and tested fiscal year 2009 DCOE obligations to supporting documentation to determine if the obligations were properly classified.
Notes: Title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 7, 2011).

"February 2011."

"GAO-11-219."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Background; title: DCOE development challenged by lack of clarity in mission and time-consuming administrative hiring processes; title: DCOE's strategic plan aligns with some key practices for strategic planning, but gaps remain with respect to management review and performance measurement; title: TMA lacked effective controls for assuring compliance with OMB guidance for classification of financial obligations to support management decision making; title: Conclusions.