[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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]