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http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OMB/html/gpptoc.htm
General Accounting Office
http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/publist.htm
General Pages of Some Agencies:
http://www.ombwatch.org/www/ombw/gpra/gprasp.html
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0997/090897b1.htm
http://server.conginst.org/conginst/results/index.html
Department of Agriculture
Strategic Plan: http://www.usda.gov/ocfo/strat/
Performance Plan: http://www.usda.gov/ocfo/annlplan/index.html
Department of Defense
Strategic Plan: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/qdr/
Performance Plan: http://www.dtic.mil/execsec/adr98/apdx_j.html
Department of Energy
Strategic Plan: http://www.doe.gov/policy/doeplan.html
Performance Plan: http://www.doe.gov/policy/sol98/index.htm
Department of Health and Human Services
Strategic Plan: http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/hhsplan/intro.htm
Performance Plan: http://www.hhs.gov/progorg/asmb/budget/fy99budget
Department of Transportation
Strategic Plan: http://www.dot.gov/hot/dotplan.html
Performance Plan: http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/budget/perfp99.htm
Environmental Protection Agency
Strategic Plan: http://www.epa.gov/ocfopage/plantoc.htm
Performance Plan: http://www.epa.gov/ocfo/99budget/1999bib.htm
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Strategic Plan: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/nsp/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Strategic Plan: http://www.noaa.gov/str-plan/
Performance Plan: http://www.doc.gov/bmi/budget/strtgc/strtone.htm
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Strategic Plan: http://www.doc.gov/bmi
Performance Plan: http://www.doc.gov/bmi/budget/strtgc/strtone.htm
National Science Foundation
Strategic Plan: http://www.nsf.gov/od/gpraplan/gpraplan.htm
Performance Plan: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf99gprapp/start.htm