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Review oiv the Distribution or Announcements of Funding Planning
Tarqets a. d Certain Other Aspects of tha Local Public Waoks
Proqramj. CED-77-139; B-126652. October 45, 1977. beleased
Nuvember 1, 1977. 3 pp.
,.port to Rep. Joseph M. McDade; by Botert F. Keller, Acting
Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Federally Sponscred or Aseisted Emaiywent and
Iraininq Programs (3200).
C¢-.tact: Community and Economic -eve:.cpment Div.
iudq-t Fun.ction: General Go-trnment: legislative Functions
(801), General Government: Executive Direction arvd
Manaqement (802)
Orqanization concerned: Economic Development AdminstratioL.
tonqressional 1elevance: Rep. Joseph M. Mcads.
Authority: Local Public WorKs Capital Deveicpment and Investment
Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-369; P.L. 95-28).
The Local Public Works Capital Devr.Icitent and
In.vestmernt Act of 1976 authorized fundiny Qf $2 billion to make
q(ants to State and local qovernments for constructing er
renovatinq public tdcilities and an amendment authorized an
iuditional $4 billion. Ir distrihutirg the adlitional funds, the
Lc.oncmic Development Administration (EtA) made allccations to
,he States and established planning targets fcT substate areas
oased primarily on unemployment statistics.
rindinqs/ConclusiOns: The planning targets statlisbed for
,ackawanna County and the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, were
leveloped in accordance with the agency's procedures and were
calculated accurately. A Fede:al official asserted that
anhcuncem-ents o the substatP area planning targets were nct
provided to a New Jersey prlitical candidate days before the
sci-edul3td release date, as alleged, kut it would havr- been
pssibie for a knowledgeable individual to have calculated
plnrinq targets on his own. In reference to an ali.gaticn that
announcements of planning targets made available to Mttwauers
or conqress of one political party and tne press befcre
information was provided to remaininq Members, an official.
stated that announcemeits were hand delivered to as many Members
as time permitted ind the remainder bicught tc house and Senate
maili:oows. Priority was given to chairmen ct committees involved
in proqram legislatioa, then ranking minority memb.ez or such
committees, and then to individual Members invclved in program
].isia~ion. In, delivering announcements tc remaining Members,
Democratic party members were sometit'-e given prtefeence in
keepinq with the practice during prior administrations.
Eecommendations: The Assistant Secretary for 1conoiic
)eveliopment shouid require that information regarding the
opera on of EDA's programs should te distributed to Menters of
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