Download or read book Recovery Act States and Localities Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses written by J. Christopher Mihm and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This testimony provides selected updates, including the status of federal Recovery Act outlays. The report addresses: (1) selected states' and localities' uses of Recovery Act funds; (2) the approaches taken by the selected states and localities to ensure accountability for Recovery Act funds; and (3) states' plans to evaluate the impact of Recovery Act funds. The work for this report is focused on 16 states and certain localities in those jurisdictions as well as the District of Columbia -- representing about 65% of the U.S. population and two-thirds of the intergovernmental federal assistance available. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Recovery Act States and Localities Current and Planned Uses of Funds While Facing Fiscal Stresses written by Gene L. Dodaro and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This testimony is based on a report being released the same day -- the second in response to a mandate under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The report addresses: (1) selected states' and localities' uses of Recovery Act funds; (2) the approaches taken by the selected states and localities to ensure accountability for Recovery Act funds; and (3) states' plans to evaluate the impact of Recovery Act funds. The auditor focused on 16 states and certain localities in those jurisdictions as well as the District of Columbia -- representing about 65% of the U.S. population and two-thirds of the intergovernmental federal assistance available. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Recovery Act written by J. Christopher Mihm and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report responds to two ongoing mandates under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). It is the latest in a series of reports on the uses of and accountability for Recovery Act funds in 16 selected states, certain localities in those jurisdictions, and D.C. These jurisdictions are estimated to receive about two-thirds of the intergovernmental assistance available through the Recovery Act. This report also responds to a mandate to comment on the jobs estimated in recipient reports. The auditor collected and analyzed documents and interviewed state and local officials and other Recovery Act award recipients. He also analyzed federal agency guidance and spoke with individual federal officials. Illustrations.
Download or read book Recovery Act written by Gene L. Dodaro and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report addresses the following objectives: (1) selected states' and localities' uses of Recovery Act funds; (2) the approaches taken by the selected states and localities to ensure accountability for Recovery Act funds; and (3) states' plans to evaluate the impact of the Recovery Act funds they received. This report is focused on 16 states and certain localities in those jurisdictions as well as the District of Columbia -- representing about 65% of the U.S. population and two-thirds of the intergovernmental fed. assistance available. Dodaro collected documents and interviewed state and local officials. He analyzed fed. agency guidance and spoke with Office of Mgmt. and Budget officials and with relevant program officials at several dep¿ts. Illus.
Download or read book Recovery Act written by Cornelia M. Ashby and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report, one in a series on the uses of and accountability for Recovery Act (RA) funds in selected states and localities, comments on recipients' reports of the jobs created and retained. The RA provided $2.1 billion for Head Start and Early Head Start, primarily to expand services. This report addressed four questions: (1) How have Head Start and Early Head Start grantees used RA funds, including for expanding enrollment? (2) What challenges have grantees encountered in spending RA funds? (3) How has the Office of Head Start monitored the use of RA funds? (4) How has the quality of jobs data reported by RA recipients, particularly Head Start grantees, changed over time? Charts and tables. This is a print on demand publication.
Download or read book Recovery Act Funds Supported Many Water Projects and Federal and State Monitoring Shows Few Compliance Problems written by David C. Trimble and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provided $4 billion for the EPA Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) and $2 billion for the agency's Drinking Water SRF. The ARRA requires a review of funds made available under the act and comments on recipients' reports of jobs created and retained. This report examined the: (1) status and use of ARRA SRF program funds nationwide and in nine states; (2) EPA and state actions to monitor the act's SRF program funds; (3) EPA and selected states' approaches to ensure data quality, including for jobs reported by recipients of the act's funds; and (4) challenges, if any, that states have faced in implementing the act's requirements. Illus. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Recovery Act written by Cornelia Ashby and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recovery Act ARRA written by Phillip R. Herr and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report on the uses of and accountability for ARRA funds in selected states and localities focuses on the $48 billion provided to the Dept. of Transport. (DoT) to invest in transport. infrastructure. It also examines the quality of recipients' reports about the jobs created and retained with ARRA transport. funds. This report addresses the: (1) status, use, and outcomes of ARRA transport. funding nationwide and in selected states; (2) actions taken by federal, state, and other agencies to monitor and ensure accountability for those funds; (3) changes in the quality of jobs data reported by ARRA recipients of transport. funds over time; and (4) challenges faced and lessons learned from DoT and recipients. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Recovery Act written by Mark E. Gaffigan and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) provided $3.2 billion for the Dept. of Energy¿s (DoE) Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) to develop and manage projects to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy use and fossil fuel emissions. This report examined: (1) how EECBG recipients used EECBG funds and challenges they faced, if any; (2) DoE and recipients¿ oversight and monitoring activities and challenges, if any; (3) the extent to which the EECBG program is meeting Recovery Act and program goals for energy savings; and (4) the quality of jobs data reported by Recovery Act recipients, particularly EECBG recipients. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Stimulus Oversight 2009 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book State and Local Governments written by Stanley J. Czerwinski and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most recent recession, which started in Dec. 2007, is believed to be the worst economic downturn the country has experienced since the Great Depression. In response to this recession, Congress passed the Recovery Act, which provided state and local governments with $282 billion in fiscal assistance. The Recovery Act requires an evaluation of how national economic downturns have affected states since 1974. This report: (1) analyzes how state and local government budgets are affected during national recessions; and (2) identifies strategies to provide fiscal assistance to state and local governments and indicators policymakers could use to time and target such assistance. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Nomination of Eugene L Dodaro written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fiscal Year 2008 U S Gov T Financial Statements Federal Gov T Faces New and Continuing Financial Management and Fiscal Challenges written by Gene L. Dodaro and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The consolidated financial statements of the U.S. gov¿t. (CFS) is audited each year. Except for the 2008 and 2007 Statements of Social Insurance, the auditor has been unable to provide assurance on the reliability of the CFS due primarily to inadequate systems and lack of sufficient, reliable evidence to support certain material information in the CFS. Unless these weaknesses are adequately addressed, they will, among other things: (1) hamper the fed. gov¿t's. ability to reliably report a significant portion of its assets, liabilities, costs, and other related information; and (2) affect the fed. gov¿t's. ability to measure the full cost as well as the financial and nonfinancial performance of certain programs and activities. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Recovery Act California s Use of Funds and Efforts to Ensure Accountability written by Linda Calbom and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amer. Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) specifies bimonthly reviews of selected states' and localities' use of funds made available under the act. This testimony is based on the auditor¿s bimonthly work in California, where the Recovery Act provided more than $85 billion -- or about 10% of the funds available nationally -- for program funding and tax relief. This testimony provides a general overview of: (1) California's use of Recovery Act funds for selected programs; (2) the approaches taken by California agencies to ensure accountability for Recovery Act funds; and (3) the impacts of these funds. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Recovery Act written by David Maurer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the 2009 Recovery Act, the DoJ's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded $2 billion in 4-year Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funds to state and local gov'ts. for criminal justice activities. This report examined: (1) how Recovery Act JAG funds are awarded and how recipients in selected states and localities used their awards; (2) challenges, if any, recipients reported in complying with Recovery Act reporting requirements; (3) the extent to which states shared promising practices related to use and management of funds, and how DoJ encouraged info. sharing; and (4) the extent to which DoJ's JAG Recovery Act performance measures were consistent with promising practices. Charts and tables. A print on demand publication.
Download or read book Federal Aid Highways written by Phillip Herr and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal-aid highway program provides $33 billion a year to states for highway projects. The fed. gov¿t. provides funding for and oversees this program, while states largely choose and manage the projects. This report reviewed the Federal Highway Admin.'s (FHWA) implementation of several requirements in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: (1) oversight of states using a risk management approach; (2) efforts to develop minimum standards for estimating project costs, and periodically evaluate states' cost estimating practices; and (3) reviews of states' financial management systems. Also reviews FHWA's policy on presenting an estimate of financing costs in financial plans for major projects. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Recovery Act written by Mark L. Goldstein and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to broadband service is seen as vital to economic, social, and educational development, yet many areas of the country lack access to, or their residents do not use, broadband. To expand broadband deployment and adoption, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) provided $7.2 billion to the National Telecommunications and Information Admin. (NTIA) and the Dept. of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for grants or loans to a variety of program applicants. The agencies must award all funds by Sept. 30, 2010. This report addresses the challenges NTIA and RUS face; steps taken to address challenges; and remaining risks in: (1) evaluating applications and awarding funds; and (2) overseeing funded projects. Illus.
