Chapter II SUMMARY OF PERTINENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS

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quantifiable, and measurable form, the Director of the Office ofManagement and Budget may authorize an alternative form. Suchalternative form shall -(1) include separate descriptive statements of -(A) (i) a minimally effective program, and(ii) a successful program, or(B) such alternative as authorized by the Director of the Office ofManagement and Budget, with sufficient precision and in suchterms that would allow for an accurate, independent determinationof whether the program activity's performance meets the criteriaof the description; or(2) state why it is infeasible or impractical to express a performance goalin any form for the program activity.(c)(d)For the purpose of complying with this section, an agency may aggregate,disaggregate, or consolidate program activities, except that anyaggregation or consolidation may not omit or minimize the significance ofany program activity constituting a major function or operation for theagency.An agency may submit with its annual performance plan an appendixcovering any portion of the plan that -(1) is specifically authorized under criteria established by anExecutive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defenseor foreign policy; and(2) is properly classified pursuant to such Executive order.(e)(f)The functions and activities of this section shall be considered to beinherently Governmental functions. The drafting of performance plansunder this section shall be performed only by Federal employees.For purposes of this section and sections 1116 through 1119, and sections9703 and 9704 the term -(1) ''agency'' has the same meaning as such term is definedunder section 306(f) of title 5;(2) ''outcome measure'' means an assessment of the results of aprogram activity compared to its intended purpose;(3) ''output measure'' means the tabulation, calculation, or recording ofactivity or effort and can be expressed in a quantitative orqualitative manner;(4) ''performance goal'' means a target level of performance expressedas a tangible, measurable objective, against which actualachievement can be compared, including a goal expressed as a<strong>II</strong>(1)-14
quantitative standard, value, or rate;(5) ''performance indicator'' means a particular value or characteristicused to measure output or outcome;(6) ''program activity'' means a specific activity or project as listed inthe program and financing schedules of the annual budget of theUnited States Government; and(7) ''program evaluation'' means an assessment, through objectivemeasurement and systematic analysis, of the manner and extent towhich Federal programs achieve intended objectives.12. Section 1116 - Program Performance Plans(a) Not later than 150 days after the end of an agency's fiscalyear, the head of each agency shall prepare and submit tothe President and the Congress, a report on programperformance for the previous fiscal year.(b) (1) Each program performance report shall set forth theperformance indicators established in the agencyperformance plan under section 1115, along with the actualprogram performance achieved compared with theperformance goals expressed in the plan for that fiscal year.(2) If performance goals are specified in an alternative formunder section 1115(b), the results of such program shall bedescribed in relation to such specifications, includingwhether the performance failed to meet the criteria of aminimally effective or successful program.(c)The report for fiscal year 2000 shall include actual resultsfor the preceding fiscal year, the report for fiscal year 2001shall include actual results for the two preceding fiscalyears, and the report for fiscal year 2002 and all subsequentreports shall include actual results for the three precedingfiscal years.(d) Each report shall -(1) review the success of achieving the performancegoals of the fiscal year;(2) evaluate the performance plan for the current fiscalyear relative to the performance achieved towardthe performance goals in the fiscal year covered bythe report;<strong>II</strong>(1)-15
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