PUBLIC LAW 103-62—AUG. 3, 1993 107 STAT. 287 (b) PERFORMANCE PLANS AND REPORTS.— Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 1114 the following new sections:
- § 1115. Performance plans
"(a) In carrying out the provisions of section 1105(a)(29), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall require each agency to prepare an annual performance plan covering each program activity set forth in the budget of such agency. Such plan shall— "(1) establish performance goals to define the level of performance to be achieved by a program activity; "(2) express such goals in an objective, quantifiable, and measurable form unless authorized to be in an alternative form under subsection (b); "(3) briefly describe the operational processes, skills and technology, and the human, capital, imormation, or other resources required to meet the performance goals; "(4) establish performance indicators to be used in measuring or assessing the relevant outputs, service levels, and outcomes of each program activity; "(5) provide a basis for comparing actual program results with the established performance goals; and "(6) describe the means to be used to verify and validate measured values. "(b) If an agency, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, determines that it is not feasible to express the performance goals for a particular program activity in an objective, quantifiable, and measurable form, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may authorize an alternative form. Such alternative 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 of Management and Budget, with sufficient precision and in such terms that would allow for an accurate, independent determination of whether the program activit/s performance meets the criteria of the description; or "(2) state why it is infeasible or impractical to express a performance goal in any form for the program activity. "(c) For the purpose of complying with this section, an agency may aggregate, disaggregate, or consolidate program activities, except that any aggregation or consolidation may not omit or minimize the significance of any program activity constituting a major function or operation for the agency. "(d) An agency may submit with its annual performance plan an appendix covering any portion of the plan that— "(1) is specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy; and "(2) is properly classified pursuant to such Executive order. "(e) The functions and activities of this section shall be considered to be inherently Governmental functions. The drafting of performance plans under this section shall be performed only by Federal employees.
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