2018 US Code
Title 39 - Postal Service
Part III - Modernization and Fiscal Administration
Chapter 28 - Strategic Planning and Performance Management
Sec. 2804 - Program performance reports

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Citation 39 U.S.C. § 2804 (2018)
Section Name §2804. Program performance reports
Section Text

(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(e) 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.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–62, §7, Aug. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 294; amended Pub. L. 109–435, title X, §1010(d)(2), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3261.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–435 substituted "section 2401(e)" for "section 2401(g)".

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE
PART III - MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 28 - STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Sec. 2804 - Program performance reports
Contains section 2804
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 107 Stat. 294
120 Stat. 3261
Public Law References Public Law 103-62, Public Law 109-435
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