The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released their latest analysis of Recovery Act reporting on 28 June 2010. (The report was delivered to Congress on 27 May 2010.)
Available on the GAO.gov/Recovery page, the report is Recovery Act: Increasing the Public's Understanding of What Funds Are Being Spent on and What Outcomes Are Expected [PDF, 344 pp., No. GAO-10-581]. Background and analysis are on pages 1-27; the remainder of the report consists of appendixes detailing methodology and the sample agency award programs that were studied.
Background information in the report can be helpful to those wanting to learn where and how the assistance data are reported. Anyone interested in the specific programs used as examples may gain insight from the appendixes, as well; these cover:
- the Department of Agriculture’s Broadband Initiatives Program;
- the Department of Commerce’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program;
- the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance and Geothermal Technologies Programs;
- the Department of Transportation’s High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail, Grants-in-Aid for Airports, Highway Infrastructure Investment, Supplemental Discretionary Grants, and Transit Capital Assistance Programs;
- the General Services Administration’s Federal Buildings Fund Program; and
- the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program.
The report's recommendations center around improving the narrative information supplied by assistance recipients.
See the GAO.gov/Recovery page for additional reports, podcasts, charts, and other information on Recovery Act monitoring and analysis by GAO.
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