United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-04-16 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-02-641T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-641T P0b002ee18037b8b3 f:d02641t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-641T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-641T GAO-02-641T Discretionary grants Grant monitoring Program evaluation Testimony A03079 The Violence Against Women Office (VAWO) was created in to lead the national effort to end violence against women, including domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Since its inception, VAWO has grown both in the number of discretionary grants awarded and dollars awarded for those grants. Unfortunately, monitoring activities and impact evaluation data provide little basis to assess program results. Both VAWO and the Office of Justice Programs made a commitment to improve, citing reorganization plans that anticipate management information system as the foundation for improved grants management. However, reorganization and management information tools and are only as good as the management that wields them. Commitment to improvement and oversight are needed to ensure progress. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-641T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-641T.htm GAO-02-641T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-641T Testimony GAO-02-641T; Violence Against Women Office: Problems with Grant Monitoring and Concerns about Evaluation Studies; Discretionary grants Grant monitoring Program evaluation Public Law 103-322 Public Law 106-386