Compliance.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (1) OASCR shall oversee the compliance reviews and evaluations, and issue compliance reports that monitor compliance efforts to ensure that there is equitable and fair treatment in conducted programs. (2) OASCR shall monitor all settlement agreements pertaining to program complaints for compliance to ensure full implementation and enforcement. (3) OASCR shall oversee Agency Head Assessments to ensure that Agency Heads are in compliance with civil rights laws and regulations. (4) OASCR shall monitor all findings of non-compliance to ensure that compliance is achieved. (5) OASCR shall require agencies to collect the race, ethnicity and gender of applicants and program participants, who choose to provide such information on a voluntary basis, in USDA-conducted programs, for purposes of civil rights compliance oversight, and evaluation. (b) (i) Numbers of applicants and participants by race, ethnicity, and gender, subject to appropriate privacy protections, as determined by the Secretary and in accordance with law; and (ii) The application and participation rate, by race, ethnicity, and gender, as a percentage of the total participation rate. (2) Each Agency shall submit to the OASCR timely, complete and accurate program application and participation reports containing the information described in § 15d.4(b)(1), on an annual basis, and upon the request of the OASCR independently of the annual requirement. (c)

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 15d.4