§16-29E-9. Performance plans.

The departments each shall prepare an annual performance plan covering each program activity set forth in their respective budgets, which each shall include in an annual performance report. The plans shall:

(1) Establish performance goals to define the level of performance to be achieved by a program activity;

(2) Express such goals in an objective, quantifiable, and measurable form;

(3) Briefly describe the operational processes, skills, and technology, and the human, capital, information, or other resources required to meet the performance goals;

(4) Establish performance indicators to be used in measuring or assessing the relevant outputs, service levels, and outcomes of each program activity;

(5) Provide a basis for comparing actual program results with the established performance goals; and

(6) Describe the means to be used to verify and validate measured value.