evaluation

evaluation Sec. 416. (a) The Director shall periodically measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this Act, their effectiveness in achieving stated goals in general, and hi relation to their cost, their impact on related programs, and their structure and mechanisms for delivery of services. Evaluations shall be conducted by persons not immediately involved in the administration of the program or project evaluated. (b) The Director shall develop and publish general standards for evaluation of program and project effectiveness in achieving the objec-87 Stat. 413fives of this Act. Reports submitted pursuant to section 407 shall describe the actions taken as a result of evaluations carried out under this section. (c) In carrying out evaluations under this title, the Director shall, whenever possible, arrange to obtain the opinions of program and project participants about the strengths and weaknesses of such programs and projects. (d) The Director shall publish summaries of the results of evaluations of program and project impact and effectiveness no later than sixty days after the completion thereof. (e) The Director shall take the necessary action to assure that all studies, evaluations, proposals, and data produced or developed with Federal funds shall become the property of the United States. (f) The Director is authorized to use such sums as are required, but not to exceed 1 per centum of the funds appropriated under this Act, to conduct program and project evaluations (directly, or by grants or contracts) as required by this Act. In the case of allotments from such an appropriation, the amount available for such allotments (and the amount deemed appropriate therefor) shall be reduced accordingly.