[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3015.92]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                         CHAPTER XXX--OFFICE OF
                      THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
                        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3015_UNIFORM FEDERAL ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart K_Monitoring and Reporting Program Performance
 
Sec. 3015.92  Performance reports.

    (a) Nonconstruction. The awarding agency shall, if it decides that 
performance information available from subsequent applications contains 
sufficient information to meet its programmatic needs, require the 
recipient to submit a performance report only upon expiration or 
termination of grant support. Unless waived by the awarding agency this 
report will be due on the same date as the final Financial Status Report 
(as provided in Sec. 3015.82 (d) and (e)).
    (1) Recipients shall submit annual peformance reports unless the 
awarding agency requires quarterly or semi-annual reports or unless 
covered under paragraph (a) of this section. Annual reports shall be due 
90 days after the grant year; quarterly or semi-annual reports shall be 
due 30 days after the reporting period. The final performance report 
shall be due 90 days after the expiration or termination of grant 
support. If a justified request is submitted by a recipient, the 
awarding agency may extend the due date for any performance report. 
Additionally, requirements for unnecessary performance reports may be 
waived by the awarding agency.
    (2) Performance reports shall contain, for each grant, brief 
information on the following:
    (i) A comparison of actual accomplishments to the goals established 
for the period. Where the output of the project can be readily expressed 
in numbers, a computation of the cost per unit of output may be required 
if that information will be useful.
    (ii) The reasons for slippage if established goals were not met.
    (iii) Additional pertinent information including, when appropriate, 
analysis and explanation of cost overruns or high unit costs.
    (3) Recipients shall not be required to submit more than the 
original and two copies of performance reports.
    (4) Recipients shall adhere to the standards in paragraph (a) of 
this section in prescribing performance reporting requirements for 
subrecip ients.
    (b) Construction. For the most part, on-site technical inspections 
and certified percentage-of-completion data are relied on heavily by 
awarding agencies to monitor progress under construction grants and 
subgrants. The awarding agency shall require additional formal 
performance reports only when considered necessary, and never more 
frequently than quarterly.

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