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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-1003" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="10">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary shall review the strategic plans and the State comprehensive plan and may recommend appropriate changes to agency budgets.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a StateStat process that is managed by the Executive Branch.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>StateStat is an accountability process that involves:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the adoption of a strategic plan and the establishment of goals by an agency;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the adoption of a comprehensive set of performance and citizen satisfaction measurements by an agency;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>regular and frequent:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>submission of timely and accurate data by an agency;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>review and analysis of submitted data; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>accountability meetings to assess an agency’s performance;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>continuous review of the strategies and tactics used by an agency to meet the goals of the agency; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>continuous assessment of the progress of an agency towards meeting the goals of the agency.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Governor may require an agency to participate in the StateStat process to help facilitate and accelerate the achievement of managing for results goals and objectives.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each agency that participates in the StateStat process shall submit a strategic plan and performance measurement report to the Secretary as part of its annual budget submission.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report submitted by each agency that participates in the StateStat process shall contain the information required in § 3–1002(c) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
