National Telecommunications and Information Administration Public Telecommunications Facilities Program Award Process Promotes Merit-Based Decisions, But Process Needs More Discipline Cfda No. 11.550

By Department of Commerce

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Title:	National Telecommunications and Information Administration Public Telecommunications Facilities Program Award Process Promotes Merit-Based Decisions, But Process Needs More Discipline Cfda No. 11.550
Author:	Department of Commerce
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Department of Commerce and Labor Document, Commerce.
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Department of Commerce Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Excerpt
Excerpt: The Office of Inspector General has conducted an audit of the fiscal year 1997 procedures and practices for soliciting, reviewing, and selecting applications for financial assistance under the National Telecommunications and Information Administration?s Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP), classified as No. 11.550 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. The audit was conducted as part of a Department-wide review of Commerce?s discretionary financial assistance programs initiated at the request of the Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. Discretionary financial assistance programs are those programs for which federal agencies have the authority to independently determine the recipients and funding levels of awards. These programs involve a significant portion of the Commerce Department?s budget and operations, approximately $1 billion annually.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: I. TIIAP Used Merit-Based Evaluation Criteria., 6 -- II. TIIAP Solicitation Process Obtained a Nationwide Response, 6 -- III. TIIAP Provided a Competitive, Merit-Based Review -- of Applications, 7 -- IV. TIIAP Selection Decisions that Deviated from Program Director?s -- Recommendations Were Not Adequately Documented, 12 -- V. NTIA Respon.s e, 13 -- VI. OIG Commen.t s, 13 -- VII. Recommendation, 13