Grants Management Epa Needs to Strengthen Oversight and Enhance Accountability to Address Persistent Challenges

By General Accounting Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000117368
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Grants Management Epa Needs to Strengthen Oversight and Enhance Accountability to Address Persistent Challenges
Author:	General Accounting Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
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Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


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Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

Excerpt
Excerpt: Late in 2002, EPA launched new efforts to address some of its long-standing grants management problems. It issued two policies-one to promote competition in awarding grants and one to improve its oversight of grants. Furthermore, in April 2003, EPA issued a 5-year grants management plan to address its long-standing grants management problems. These policies and plan focus on the major grants management challenges we identified but will require strengthening, enhanced accountability, and sustained commitment to succeed. EPA?s September 2002 competition policy should improve EPA?s ability to select the most qualified applicants by requiring competition for more grants. However, effective implementation of the policy will require a major cultural shift for EPA managers and staff because the competitive process will require significant planning and take more time than awarding grants noncompetitively.