Budget Issues Area Plan Update: Fiscal Year 1996 GAO/IAP-96-1

Identifies the budgetary implications of selected policy changes and program reforms discussed in GAO's prior work but not yet implicated or enacted. Provides the analytical framework developed in 1994 to provide a structure for Congressional consideration of individual options. Reassesses objectives of the services and programs analyzed, redefines beneficiaries and provides key steps to improve efficiency. Provides a set of criteria that may be used to asses the goals, scope and approaches for delivering federal programs.