§ 853. Report. The department shall be responsible for the preparation of the annual report to the secretary of labor describing those activities of the workforce investment board taken to comply with the requirements of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220), as well as a report to the governor and legislature describing such activities, on or before the first day of January, two thousand one and on the first day of January in each consecutive year thereafter.