[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR275.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 275--PERFORMANCE REPORTING SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart A--Administration
 
Sec. 275.2  State agency responsibilities.

    (a) Establishment of the performance reporting system. (1) The State 
agency shall establish a continuing performance reporting system to 
monitor program administration and program operations. The method for 
establishing each component of the system is identified and explained in 
subparts B through F of this part. The components of the State agency's 
performance reporting system shall be:
    (i) Data collection through management evaluation (ME) reviews and 
quality control (QC) reviews;
    (ii) Analysis and evaluation of data from all sources;
    (iii) Corrective action planning;
    (iv) Corrective action implementation and monitoring; and
    (v) Reporting to FNS on program performance.
    (2) The State agency must ensure corrective action is effected at 
the State and project area levels.
    (b) Staffing standards. The State agency shall employ sufficient 
State level staff to perform all aspects of the Performance Reporting 
System as required in this part of the regulations. The staff used to 
conduct QC reviews shall not have prior knowledge of either the 
household or the decision under review. Where there is prior knowledge, 
the reviewer must disqualify her/himself. Prior knowledge is defined as 
having:
    (1) Taken any part in the decision that has been made in the case; 
(2) any discussion of the case with staff who participated in the 
decision; or (3) any personal knowledge of or acquaintance with persons 
in the case itself. To ensure no prior knowledge on the part of QC or ME 
reviewers, local project area staff shall not be used to conduct QC or 
ME reviews; exceptions to this requirement concerning local level staff 
may be granted with prior approval from FNS. However, local personnel 
shall not, under any circumstances, participate in ME reviews of their 
own project areas.

[Amdt. 160, 45 FR 15898, Mar. 11, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 266, 52 FR 
3407, Feb. 4, 1987]