Sec. 2. Agency requirements relating to annual report on the cost and performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among programs
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On an annual basis, for purposes of the report required by subsection (b), the head of each agency shall— identify and describe every program administered by the agency; for each such program— determine the total administrative costs of the program; determine the expenditures for services for the program; estimate the number of clients served by the program and beneficiaries who received assistance under the program (if applicable); and estimate— the number of full-time employees who administer the program; and the number of full-time equivalents (whose salary is paid in part or full by the Federal Government through a grant or contract, a subaward of a grant or contract, a cooperative agreement, or another form of financial award or assistance) who assist in administering the program; and identify programs within the agency with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds.
Not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the head of each agency shall create a link on the homepage of the official public website of the agency to a report containing the following: The information required under subsection
(a)with respect to the preceding fiscal year. The latest performance reviews (including the program performance reports required under section 1116 of title 31, United States Code) of each program of the agency identified under subsection (a)(1), including performance indicators, performance goals, output measures, and other specific metrics used to review the program and how the program performed on each. For all programs and activities that may be susceptible to significant improper payments, as identified by the head of the agency under section 2(a) of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 321 note), the latest improper payment rate and the total estimated amount of improper payments during the preceding fiscal year, including fraudulent payments and overpayments. The total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has expired. Such recommendations as the head of the agency considers appropriate— to consolidate programs within the agency that are duplicative or overlapping; to eliminate waste and inefficiency; and to terminate lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. With respect to the requirements of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2)(B), the head of an agency may use the same information provided in the Catalog of Domestic Financial Assistance if applicable. Each agency shall make reports required by subsection
(b)available in a searchable, machine-readable format, and shall expend no funds for the printing of such reports, except when providing such documents to the Congress.
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Agency requirements relating to annual report on the cost and performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among programs
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