1. Each agency shall prepare an annual performance report stating the agency’s progress in meeting performance targets and achieving its goals consistent with the enterprise strategic plan, its agency strategic plan, and its performance plan. An annual performance report shall include a description of how the agency has reallocated human and material resources in the previous fiscal year. The department, in conjunction with agencies, shall develop guidelines for annual performance reports, including but not limited to a reporting schedule. An agency may incorporate its annual performance report into another report that the agency is required to submit to the department.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 8E.210

  • Agency: means a principal central department enumerated in section 7E. See Iowa Code 8E.103
  • Agency strategic plan: means the strategic plan for the agency adopted pursuant to section 8E. See Iowa Code 8E.103
  • Department: means the department of management. See Iowa Code 8E.103
  • Enterprise strategic plan: means the strategic plan for the executive branch of state government adopted pursuant to section 8E. See Iowa Code 8E.103
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The annual performance reporting required under this section shall be used to improve performance, improve strategic planning and policy decision making, better allocate human and material resources, recognize superior performance, and inform Iowans about their return from investment in state government.