§7352 Contents of Review

Summary

Each comprehensive review must include 14 items that describe the program and how it is run. The review must name which part of the Department runs the program, explain the program’s goals and the problem it was meant to fix, note any other programs that do the same or overlap, and look at other ways to reach the same goals. It must justify any new budget authority and say how the program fits with other efforts. The review must measure how well the program met its original goals, using appropriate analysis, and give performance and budget figures for the previous four completed fiscal years. It must show who the program serves, assess effects on the national economy and on health and safety, evaluate whether program rules and decisions meet Congress’s intent, forecast future needs and when goals might be met, analyze results at lower, same, or higher funding levels, and recommend steps to avoid major disruption if funding is stopped, including needed executive or legislative actions.