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 2006-09-29 monographic deposited born digital 52 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-1046 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1046 P0b002ee18037a790 f:d061046 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1046 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1046 GAO-06-1046 Accountability Federal funds Federal grants Funds management Grant administration Lessons learned Performance measures Strategic planning Information sharing Program implementation Other Written Product A61606 Maximizing the extent to which grants achieve their long-term performance goals is critical to successfully addressing the challenges of the 21st century. While performance accountability mechanisms are fairly new to federal grants, they have been used in contracts for some time and lessons learned have begun to inform federal grant design. Given this, GAO was asked to examine (1) challenges to performance accountability in federal grants, (2) mechanisms being used to improve grant performance, and (3) strategies the federal government can use to encourage the use of these mechanisms. GAO performed a content analysis of relevant literature and interviewed experts. To illustrate the mechanisms and strategies found in the literature, GAO used examples from the literature and selected additional case illustrations--two federal grant programs (vocational education and child support enforcement) and two nonfederal contracts--for further study. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1046/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1046.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1046/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1046.pdf GAO-06-1046 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1046 Other Written Product GAO-06-1046; Grants Management: Enhancing Performance Accountability Provisions Could Lead to Better Results; Accountability Federal funds Federal grants Funds management Grant administration Lessons learned Performance measures Strategic planning Information sharing Program implementation Volume 107 Page 285 107 Stat. 285 Public Law 93-647 Public Law 105-200 Public Law 105-332 Public Law 107-110 Public Law 109-270