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 2008-03-11 monographic deposited born digital 28 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-488T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-488T P0b002ee1803a1095 f:d08488t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-488T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-488T GAO-08-488T Allocation (Government accounting) Budget obligations Budgeting Data integrity Emergency preparedness programs Emergency response funds Federal grants Federal/state relations Financial analysis Financial management Funds management Grant administration Grant monitoring Grants to local governments Grants to states Homeland security Policy evaluation Program management Reporting requirements Risk assessment Risk management Program goals or objectives Testimony A81271 Since 2002, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has distributed over $19 billion in homeland security grants to enhance the nation's preparedness and response capabilities. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is responsible for all preparedness efforts including allocating and managing these grants. This testimony examines (1) the process and methods to allocate homeland security grants to state and local governments, (2) how DHS communicates with states and localities in making grant allocation decisions, (3) what challenges affect the expeditious spending of DHS grant funds by states and localities; and (4) the extent that DHS measured program outcomes as part of its efforts to monitor the expenditure of grant dollars. GAO's testimony is based on products issued from April 2005 through July 2007 on DHS's grant management system, and on GAO's ongoing mandated work related to FEMA's risk-based grant distribution processes for fiscal years 2007 and 2008. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed relevant documents on FEMA's risk analysis model and interviewed agency officials. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-488T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-488T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-488T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-488T.pdf GAO-08-488T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-488T Testimony GAO-08-488T; Homeland Security: DHS Improved its Risk-Based Grant Programs' Allocation and Management Methods, But Measuring Programs' Impact on National Capabilities Remains a Challenge; Allocation (Government accounting) Budget obligations Budgeting Data integrity Emergency preparedness programs Emergency response funds Federal grants Federal/state relations Financial analysis Financial management Funds management Grant administration Grant monitoring Grants to local governments Grants to states Homeland security Policy evaluation Program management Reporting requirements Risk assessment Risk management Program goals or objectives Volume 120 Page 1355 120 Stat. 1355 Volume 121 Page 266 121 Stat. 266 Public Law 109-295 Public Law 110-53