[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1960.78]

[Page 183]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1960_BASIC PROGRAM ELEMENTS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE OCCUPATIONAL 
SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS AND RELATED MATTERS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart J_Evaluation of Federal Occupational Safety and Health Programs
 
Sec. 1960.78  Purpose and scope.


    (a) The purpose of this subpart is to establish a comprehensive 
program for the evaluation of Federal employee occupational safety and 
health programs. This subpart includes the responsibilities of agency 
heads in conducting self-evaluations of the effectiveness of their 
occupational safety and health programs, and the responsibilities of the 
Secretary in evaluating the extent to which each agency head has 
developed and implemented agency programs in accordance with the 
requirements of Executive Order 12196 and this part.
    (b) Agency heads shall develop and implement a program for 
evaluating the effectiveness of their agency's occupational safety and 
health program. An annual summary report shall be submitted to the 
Secretary covering self-evaluations conducted during the previous year.
    (c) The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive evaluation of each 
Federal agency's occupational safety and health program. Evaluations 
shall be conducted on a regular schedule to determine the performance 
levels of each agency's program. The Secretary shall submit to the 
President each year: A summary report of the status of the occupational 
safety and health of Federal employees; Department of Labor evaluations, 
together with agency responses, of individual agency progress and 
problems in correcting unsafe and unhealthful working conditions, and 
recommendations for improving agency's performance.