38 U.S.C. § 527 : US Code - Section 527: Evaluation and data collection

Search 38 U.S.C. § 527 : US Code - Section 527: Evaluation and data collection

(a) The Secretary, pursuant to general standards which the
Secretary shall prescribe in regulations, shall measure and
evaluate on a continuing basis the effect of all programs
authorized under this title, in order to determine their
effectiveness in achieving stated goals in general, and in
achieving such goals in relation to their cost, their effect on
related programs, and their structure and mechanisms for delivery
of services. Such information as the Secretary may consider
necessary for purposes of such evaluations shall be made available
to the Secretary, upon request, by all departments, agencies, and
instrumentalities of the executive branch.
(b) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall collect,
collate, and analyze on a continuing basis full statistical data
regarding participation (including the duration thereof), provision
of services, categories of beneficiaries, planning and construction
of facilities, acquisition of real property, proposed excessing of
land, accretion and attrition of personnel, and categorized
expenditures attributable thereto, under all programs carried out
under this title.
(c) The Secretary shall make available to the public, and on a
regular basis provide to the appropriate committees of the
Congress, copies of all completed evaluative research studies and
summaries of evaluations of program impact and effectiveness
carried out, and tabulations and analyses of all data collected,
under this section.