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Corporate Creators:
United States. Government Accountability Office
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Government Funding Project Management
Publication/ Report Number:
GAO/RCED-98-14
Resource Type:
Research Paper
Corporate Publisher:
United States. General Accounting Office
NTL Classification:
NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY;NTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Funding;
Abstract:
DOT uses a two-phase process for selecting and funding transportation

projects for the five discretionary programs we reviewed. In the first

phase, FHWA program staff in the field and headquarters compile and

evaluate the applications that states submit for discretionary funding.

Program staff screen the applications by applying eligibility criteria

established by statute or administratively. On the basis of written criteria,

program staff group the projects into four categories that range in priority

from most promising to not qualified and submit the groupings to the

Office of the Administrator. The submission to the Office of the

Administrator provides information on each candidate project, data on

discretionary funds that each state received during prior years, and the

current level of congressional interest. In the second phase, the Office of

the Administrator uses the information submitted by the program staff, as

well as other factors, to evaluate the projects and make the final

selections. According to FHWA’s Acting Deputy Administrator, the Office of

the Administrator has tried to ensure that the dollars are spread fairly

among all the states and that the interests of Members of Congress are

addressed. In contrast to the analyses that the program staff complete in

the first phase, the Office of the Administrator does not document the

factors it uses to select the final projects or its rationale for making the

final selections.


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Alternate URL:
http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/22000/22400/22492/ADA332633.pdf
Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
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urn:sha256:909b9d4c03501a704e02fbfa82009cf6341a42e66beb84e68baadd76a626e48e
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16115/dot_16115_DS1.pdf
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