Congressional directives : selected agencies' processes for responding to funding instructions : report to Congressional addressees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Appropriations and expenditures.

United States.

United States. Department of Energy--Appropriations and expenditures.

United States. Department of Transportation--Appropriations and expenditures.

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers--Appropriations and expenditures.

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

United States. Department of Defense.

United States. Department of Energy.

United States. Department of Transportation.

Administrative agencies--United States--Appropriations and expenditures.

Administrative agencies.

Legislative oversight--United States.

Legislative oversight.

Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

iii, 47 pages : digital, PDF file

Other Title:

Selected agencies' processes for responding to funding instructions

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008]

Summary:

In recent years, congressional concern and public debate have increased about the nature and growing number of earmarks. This report seeks to provide Congress and the public with an understanding of how agencies respond to congressional funding directions by examining how selected executive branch agencies translate these directions from Congress into governmental activities. There have been numerous calls in and out of Congress for earmark reform in response to concerns about the nature and number of earmarks. Both Houses of Congress have taken steps to increase disclosure requirements. The President has also called for earmark reform. In January 2007, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directed agencies to collect and submit data to it on fiscal year 2005 earmarks in appropriations bills and certain authorization bills. GAO collected and analyzed information on four agencies' processes (i.e., the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works programs). Our objectives were to identify, for these agencies, (1) their processes for identifying and categorizing congressional directives; (2) their processes for tracking, implementing, and reporting on congressional directives; and (3) agency officials' views on the trends and impact of congressional directives.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Feb. 12, 2008).

"January 2008."

Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-08-209."

OCLC:

191954122