§ 2804. — Program performance reports.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 39USC2804]
TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
PART III--MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 28--STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Sec. 2804. Program performance reports
(a) The Postal Service shall prepare a report on program performance
for each fiscal year, which shall be included in the annual
comprehensive statement presented under section 2401(g) of this title.
(b)(1) The program performance report shall set forth the
performance indicators established in the Postal Service performance
plan, along with the actual program performance achieved compared with
the performance goals expressed in the plan for that fiscal year.
(2) If performance goals are specified by descriptive statements of
a minimally effective program activity and a successful program
activity, the results of such program shall be described in relationship
to those categories, including whether the performance failed to meet
the criteria of either category.
(c) The report for fiscal year 2000 shall include actual results for
the preceding fiscal year, the report for fiscal year 2001 shall include
actual results for the two preceding fiscal years, and the report for
fiscal year 2002 and all subsequent reports shall include actual results
for the three preceding fiscal years.
(d) Each report shall--
(1) review the success of achieving the performance goals of the
fiscal year;
(2) evaluate the performance plan for the current fiscal year
relative to the performance achieved towards the performance goals
in the fiscal year covered by the report;
(3) explain and describe, where a performance goal has not been
met (including when a program activity's performance is determined
not to have met the criteria of a successful program activity under
section 2803(b)(2))--
(A) why the goal was not met;
(B) those plans and schedules for achieving the established
performance goal; and
(C) if the performance goal is impractical or infeasible,
why that is the case and what action is recommended; and
(4) include the summary findings of those program evaluations
completed during the fiscal year covered by the report.
(Added Pub. L. 103-62, Sec. 7, Aug. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 294.)