anchor: It requires each federal agency to develop, no later than by the end of fiscal year 1997, strategic plans that cover a period of at least 5 years and include the agency's mission statement; identify the agency's long-term strategic goals; and describe how the agency intends to achieve those goals through its activities and through its human, capital, information, and other resources.
positive: It requires that the federal agencies all develop strategic plans.
negative: They want the agencies to focus only on the present moment.