Pursuit's Take
GAP reported in 2015 that initial efforts to develop an inventory of federal programs—something that could make government more transparent and reveal areas of duplication and overlap—had fallen short due to inconsistent definitions and information across agencies.
In this report GAO examined how the principles and practices of information architecture—a discipline focused on how information is organized, structured, and presented—could help fix that.
GAO identified key steps drawn from information architecture for developing and maintaining such an inventory, enabling decision makers to more easily find and compare program information.