Download or read book Agencies Need Better Guidance for Choosing Among Contracts Grants and Cooperative Agreements written by GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIV. and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act distinguishes Federal procurement from Federal assistance relationships and further distinguishes between grant and cooperative agreement types of Federal assistance. However, Federal agencies do not always select the appropriate instrument because of vague OMB guidance and less-than-aggressive implementation by the agencies. As a result, the Federal interest may not be adequately protected in some procurement situations. Further, development of a more orderly and less burdensome Federal assistance system anticipated by the Congress has been impeded. GAO recommends that the Office of Management and Budget clarify its guidance, more actively direct and oversee Federal agencies' implementation of the act, and establish clear differences among contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements. GAO also recommends that the Congress extend OMB's authority to except individual programs or transactions from the act's provisions. (Author).

Download or read book Agencies Need Better Guidance for Choosing Among Contracts Grants and Cooperative Agreements written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Grants Cooperative Agreements and Other Agreements Handbook written by United States. Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Grants for Scientific Research written by National Science Foundation (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Design for Accessibility written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource is designed to help you not only comply with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, but to assist you in making access an integral part of your organization's planning, mission, programs, outreach, meetings, budget and staffing.

Download or read book Cost Principles for Educational Institutions written by United States. Office of Management and Budget and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Surety Companies Doing Business with the United States Us Fiscal Service Regulation Fiscal 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-23 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surety Companies Doing Business With the United States (US Fiscal Service Regulation) (FISCAL) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Surety Companies Doing Business With the United States (US Fiscal Service Regulation) (FISCAL) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 The Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Treasury) administers the Federal corporate surety program. Treasury issues certificates of authority to qualified sureties to underwrite and reinsure Federal bond obligations. Bonds underwritten by Treasury-certified sureties satisfy bonding requirements, provided such bonds are accepted by the agency bond-approving official. Treasury is amending its regulation to expressly provide that an agency may decline to accept a bond underwritten by a Treasury-certified surety for cause, provided the agency satisfies the requirements specified in the final rule. Treasury is also revising the procedures it uses to adjudicate any complaint received from an agency requesting that a surety's certificate of authority be revoked. This book contains: - The complete text of the Surety Companies Doing Business With the United States (US Fiscal Service Regulation) (FISCAL) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section

Download or read book PHS Grants Policy Statement written by United States. Public Health Service and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book GAO Documents written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.

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Download or read book Cuba Democracy Assistance written by David Gootnick and published by U.S. Government Accountability Office. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Department of State (State) provide democracy assistance for Cuba aimed at developing civil society and promoting freedom of information. Typical program beneficiaries include Cuban community leaders, independent journalists, women, youths, and marginalized groups. USAID receives the majority of funding allocated for this assistance, although State has received 32 percent of funding since 2004. In recent years, both USAID and State have provided more funding for program implementation to for-profit and nongovernmental organizations (NGO) with a worldwide or regional focus than to universities and to NGOs that focus only on Cuba. All types of implementing partners, but worldwide or regional organizations in particular, used subpartners to implement program activities under 21 of the 29 awards and contracts that GAO reviewed. USAID and State legal officials view the Cuba democracy program’s authorizing legislation as allowing the agencies discretion in determining the types of activities that can be funded with program assistance. Agency officials added that the agencies ensure that program activities directly relate to democracy promotion as broadly illustrated in related program legislation. The officials stated that organizations are expected to work with agency program officers to determine what activities are permitted or appropriate. In addition, they said that program partners and subpartners are expected to spend U.S. government funds consistent with U.S. laws, and that requirements in primary award agreements generally flow down to any subpartners. USAID has improved its performance and financial monitoring of implementing partners’ use of program funds by implementing new policies and hiring contractors to improve monitoring and evaluation and to conduct financial internal controls reviews, but GAO found gaps in State’s financial monitoring. While GAO found some gaps in implementing partners’ performance planning and reporting, both agencies are taking steps to improve performance monitoring. For financial monitoring, USAID performs financial internal controls reviews of its implementing partners with the assistance of an external auditor. Since 2008, USAID has used a risk-based approach to determine the coverage and frequency of the 30 reviews the auditor has conducted, which have identified weaknesses in implementing partners’ financial management, procurement, and internal controls. However, because of resource constraints, State did not perform financial internal controls reviews for more than two-thirds of its implementing partners during fiscal years 2010 through 2012. State procured an external financial auditor in September 2012 that plans to review more than half of State’s implementing partners, and has taken steps toward implementing a risk-based approach for scheduling these reviews. Federal regulations generally require agencies to approve the use of subpartners. GAO found that USAID issued specific guidance in 2011 to its implementing partners on requirements for subpartner approval. While State told GAO it has similar requirements, State’s requirements are not clearly specified in its written guidance. As a result, State was not provided with the information it would have needed to approve at least 91 subawards and subcontracts that were obligated under eight awards. Why GAO Did This Study: Since 1996, Congress has appropriated $205 million to USAID and State to support democracy assistance for Cuba. Because of Cuban government restrictions, conditions in Cuba pose security risks to the implementing partners—primarily NGOs—and subpartners that provide U.S. assistance. For this report, GAO (1) identified current assistance, implementing partners, subpartners, and beneficiaries; (2) reviewed USAID’s and State’s efforts to implement the program in accordance with U.S. laws and regulations and to address program risks; and (3) examined USAID’s and State’s monitoring of the use of program funds. This report is a publicly releasable version of a Sensitive But Unclassified Report that GAO issued in December 2012. What GAO Recommends: GAO is recommending that State take steps to improve its financial monitoring of implementing partners and provide clear guidance for approving subpartners. State concurred with GAO’s recommendations and cited steps they are taking to address them.

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Download or read book Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: March, September, and December issues include index digests, and June issue includes cumulative tables and index digest.

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