The Secretary of the Budget shall have the power and it shall be his duty to initiate and conduct, under the direction of the Governor, evaluations of the effectiveness and management efficiency of programs supported by any agency under the Governor's jurisdiction; including Federally funded as well as State funded programs, and to direct, coordinate, assist and/or advise any agency under the Governor's jurisdiction in the conduct of evaluations of its programs or of programs which it supports. It shall also be the duty of the Secretary of the Budget to prepare reports detailing the results of program evaluation conducted by the secretary for distribution to the Governor, the General Assembly, interested agencies, and the public.
71 P.S. § 231