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 2004-03-03 monographic deposited born digital 20 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-510T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-510T P0b002ee180392839 f:d04510t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-510T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-510T GAO-04-510T Federal grants Financial management Grant monitoring Budget administration Grant administration Grant award procedures Strategic planning Testimony A09421 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long faced problems managing its grants, which constitute over one-half of the agency's annual budget, or about $4 billion. EPA uses grants to implement its programs to protect human health and the environment and awards grants to thousands of recipients, including state and local governments, tribes, universities, and nonprofit organizations. EPA's ability to efficiently and effectively accomplish its mission largely depends on how well it manages its grants resources. This testimony, based on GAO's August 2003 report Grants Management: EPA Needs to Strengthen Efforts to Address Persistent Challenges, GAO-03-846, focuses on the (1) major challenges EPA faces in managing its grants and how it has addressed these challenges in the past, and (2) extent to which EPA's recently issued policies and grants management plan address these challenges. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-510T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-510T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-510T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-510T.pdf GAO-04-510T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-510T Testimony GAO-04-510T; Grants Management: EPA Needs to Strengthen Efforts to Address Management Challenges; Federal grants Financial management Grant monitoring Budget administration Grant administration Grant award procedures Strategic planning Volume 92 Page 3 92 Stat. 3 Volume 110 Page 1396 110 Stat. 1396 Public Law 95-224 Public Law 104-156