§302302 Program Evaluation

Summary

The Secretary must review each approved State program at least every 4 years. The Secretary will do this with the Council about the relevant parts of the division and with the State Historic Preservation Officer to see if the program follows the law. If a major part of a program is not following the law, the Secretary must disapprove it and can suspend all or part of contracts or agreements with the State and the State Historic Preservation Officer until the problems are fixed, unless the Secretary expects the State to fix them within a reasonable time. The Secretary must set up oversight methods with State Historic Preservation Officers that keep programs consistent and high quality without creating too much extra review work. A State may use its own fiscal audit and management system instead of federal systems if it has similar accountability and an outside professional peer review. The Secretary may do fiscal audits as needed and must ensure programs meet accountability standards.