Sec. 456. performance and financial accountability

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## Sec. 456 performance and financial accountability ###

(a)Performance Accountability Plan ####

(1)Submission of annual plan Concurrent with the submission of the District of Columbia budget to Congress each year (beginning with 2001), the Mayor shall develop and submit to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Comptroller General a performance accountability plan for all departments, agencies, and programs of the government of the District of Columbia for the subsequent fiscal year. ####

(2)Contents of plan The performance accountability plan for a fiscal year shall contain the following: #####

(A)A statement of measurable, objective performance goals established for all significant activities of the government of the District of Columbia during the fiscal year (including activities funded in whole or in part by the District but performed in whole or in part by some other public or private entity). #####

(B)A description of the measures of performance to be used in determining whether the government has met the goals established under subparagraph

(A)with respect to an activity for a fiscal year. Such measures shall analyze the quantity and quality of the activities involved, and shall include measures of program outcomes and results. #####

(C)The title of the District of Columbia management employee most directly responsible for the achievement of each goal and the title of such employee's immediate supervisor or superior. ####

(3)Description of activities subject to court order In addition to the material included in the performance accountability plan for a fiscal year under paragraph (2), the plan shall include a description of the activities of the government of the District of Columbia that are subject to a court order during the fiscal year and the requirements placed on such activities by the court order. ###

(b)Performance Accountability Report ####

(1)Submission of report Not later than March 1 of each year (beginning with 2001), the Mayor shall develop and submit to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Comptroller General a performance accountability report on activities of the government of the District of Columbia during the fiscal year ending on the previous September 30. ####

(2)Contents of report The performance accountability report for a fiscal year shall contain the following: #####

(A)For each goal of the performance accountability plan submitted under subsection

(a)for the year, a statement of the actual level of performance achieved compared to the stated goal. #####

(B)The title of the District of Columbia management employee most directly responsible for the achievement of each goal and the title of such employee's immediate supervisor or superior. #####

(C)A statement of the status of any court orders applicable to the government of the District of Columbia during the year and the steps taken by the government to comply with such orders. ####

(3)Evaluation of report The Comptroller General, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall review and evaluate each performance accountability report submitted under this subsection and not later than April 15 of each year shall submit comments on such report to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. ###

(c)Financial Accountability Plan and Report ####

(1)Development and submission Not later than March 1 of each year (beginning with 1997), the Chief Financial Officer shall develop and submit to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Comptroller General a 5-year financial plan for the government of the District of Columbia that contains a description of the steps the government will take to eliminate any differences between expenditures from, and revenues attributable to, each fund of the District of Columbia during the first 5 fiscal years beginning after the submission of the plan. ####

(2)Report on compliance #####

(A)Submission of report Not later than March 1 of every year (beginning with 1999), the Chief Financial Officer shall submit a report to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Comptroller General, and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office on the extent to which the government of the District of Columbia was in compliance during the preceding fiscal year with the applicable requirements of the financial accountability plan submitted for such fiscal year under this subsection. #####

(B)Evaluation of report The Comptroller General, in consultation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, shall review and evaluate the financial accountability compliance report submitted under subparagraph

(A)and not later than April 15 of each year shall submit comments on such report to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. ###

(d)Quarterly Financial Reports ####

(1)Submission of quarterly financial reports Not later than fifteen days after the end of every calendar quarter (beginning with a report for the quarter beginning October 1, 1997), the Chief Financial Officer shall submit to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Subcommittees on the District of Columbia of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, a report on the financial and budgetary status of the government of the District of Columbia for the previous quarter. ####

(2)Contents of report Each quarterly financial report submitted under paragraph

(1)shall include the following information: #####

(A)A comparison of actual to forecasted cash receipts and disbursements for each month of the quarter, as presented in the District's fiscal year consolidated cash forecast which shall be supported and accompanied by cash forecasts for the general fund and each of the District government's other funds other than the capital projects fund and trust and agency funds. #####

(B)A projection of the remaining months cash forecast for that fiscal year. #####

(C)Explanations of

(i)the differences between actual and forecasted cash amounts for each of the months in the quarter, and

(ii)any changes in the remaining months forecast as compared to the original forecast for such months of that fiscal year. #####

(D)The effect of such changes, actual and projected, on the total cash balance of the remaining months and for the fiscal year. #####

(E)Explanations of the impact on meeting the budget, how the results may be reflected in a supplemental budget request, or how other policy decisions may be necessary which may require the agencies to reduce expenditures in other areas. #####

(F)An aging of the outstanding receivables and payables, with an explanation of how they are reflected in the forecast of cash receipts and disbursements. #####

(G)For each department or agency, the actual number of full-time equivalent positions, the actual number of full-time employees, the actual number of part-time employees, and the actual number of temporary employees, together with the source of funding for each such category of positions and employees. #####

(H)A statement of the balance of each account held by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority as of the end of the quarter, together with a description of the activities within each such account during the quarter based on information supplied by the Authority. ###

(e)Submission of Reports to District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority In the case of any report submitted by the Mayor under this section for a fiscal year (or any quarter of a fiscal year) which is a control year under the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, the Mayor shall submit the report to the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority established under section 101(a) of such Act in addition to any other individual to whom the Mayor is required to submit the report under this section. ### Part E Borrowing #### Subpart 1 Borrowing