Federal grant management and controls : select assessments / Dana T. Greer, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greer, Dana T., editor.

Series:

Government procedures and operations.

Government Procedures and Operations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grants-in-aid--United States--Management.

Grants-in-aid.

Grants-in-aid--United States--Auditing.

United States. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In fiscal year 2013, the federal government obligated over 555 billion for grants. Effective oversight of internal controls is important for providing reasonable assurance that grants are awarded properly, recipients are eligible, and federal grant funds are used as intended. This book examines whether the five largest grant-making agencies' internal control oversight processes for their grant programs were consistent with OMB requirements and describes internal control issues that have been reported related to the grants management process and key grant programs. The book also examines federa

Contents:

FEDERAL GRANT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLS: SELECT ASSESSMENTS; FEDERAL GRANT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLS: SELECT ASSESSMENTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: FEDERAL GRANTS: AGENCIES PERFORMEDINTERNAL CONTROL ASSESSMENTS CONSISTENT WITH GUIDANCE AND ARE ADDRESSING INTERNAL CONTROL DEFICIENCIES; ABBREVIATIONS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO FOUND; BACKGROUND; AGENCIES' ASSESSMENTS OF INTERNAL CONTROLS OVERGRANTS PROGRAMS WERE CONSISTENT WITH OMBREQUIREMENTS

INTERNAL CONTROL ISSUES REPORTED INCLUDECONTROL DEFICIENCIES, IMPROPER PAYMENTS, ANDMANAGEMENT CHALLENGESCONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; AGENCY COMMENTS; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; Chapter 2: GRANTS MANAGEMENT: PROGRAMS AT HHS AND HUD COLLECT ADMINISTRATIVE COST INFORMATION BUT DIFFERENCES IN COST CAPS AND DEFINITIONS CREATE CHALLENGES; ABBREVIATIONS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO FOUND; BACKGROUND; AGENCIES REVIEWED HAVE MECHANISMS IN PLACE TOCOLLECT DATA ON FEDERAL GRANT ADMINISTRATIVECOSTS, BUT THESE DATA MAY NOT REFLECT ACTUALCOST OF ADMINISTRATION

VARIATIONS IN ADMINISTRATIVE COST CAPS ANDDEFINITIONS HINDER MEANINGFUL COMPARISONS OFGRANT ADMINISTRATIVE COST DATAACROSS PROGRAMSCONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II: SELECTED GRANT PROGRAMS,ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS CAPS, AND ADMINISTRATIVECOST DEFINITIONS; Chapter 3: RECOVERY ACT: GRANT IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCES OFFER LESSONS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND

PRACTICES AT FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELSCONTRIBUTED TO IMPROVED ACCOUNTABILITY OFRECOVERY ACT GRANT PROGRAMS BUTCHALLENGES EXISTEDTHE RECOVERY ACT RESULTED IN INCREASEDTRANSPARENCY BUT ALSO PRESENTED CHALLENGES; CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; AGENCY COMMENTS; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 28, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-560-8