§613 Identification of Reporting Redundancies and Development of Performance Metrics

Summary

Require the Administrator to find and stop duplicate or unneeded reporting and to build clear, number-based ways to measure how well certain grants work. Covered grants are grants under sections 604 and 605 and any others the Administrator names. Within 90 days after October 12, 2010, the Administrator must send a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that lists every piece of data asked of grant recipients, shows which data are asked more than once or sent to more than one system, shows which data are not needed, gives a plan and timetable to remove redundant or unnecessary reporting, and gives a plan and timetable to create measurable performance metrics. One year after that first report, and every two years after, the Administrator must send a grants management report to those committees showing progress on cutting redundant reporting and on making performance measures. The reports must reassess reporting needs, show progress on adding metrics (including work under section 749), and give a performance review for each covered-grant program: goals, how well goals were met using the metrics, recommended program changes, and an assessment of recipients’ experience (clear information, timeliness, and technical help) with suggestions to improve. Within 30 days after October 12, 2010, the Administrator must hire the National Academy of Public Administration to help develop and implement the performance measures and plan, report its findings within one year of the contract, and is authorized to get such sums as may be necessary to do this.