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CED-80-99 1 (1980-06-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabarq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,, III7Jj UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-197410 JUNE 19, 1980 The Honorableo R bert N. Giaimo House of Representatives 11111111 112615 Dear Mr. Giaimo: Subject:(1Review of Procedures Used to Provide Funds for the Citizen/Govern ant Transportation Planning Center in Windsor, Connecticut. CED-80-99) Your November 8, 1979, letter asked us to determine whether the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) complied with ap- plicable rules and procedures concerning DOT's contract with the State of Connecticut for the operation of the Citizen/Government Transportation Planning Center in Windsor, Connecticut. Your letter included copies of written allegations of impropriety made by the Connecticut Construction Industries Association. We found that DOT and EPA acted within the scope of their responsibilities in providing funds for the contract. We also found that both agencies have authority in this instance to use the interagency-agreement and contract. We question, however, the source of funds DOT and EPA used to support DOT's contract with Connecticut. The Center apparently is eligible for assistance under es- tablished State or locally administered planning assist- ance programs supported by DOT and EPA. Instead of using these programs, however, a special DOT program account and an EPA salaries and expenses account, both adminis- tered at the two agencies' headquarters, were designated to fund the contract. We believe that using these accounts in lieu of established program funds could result in bypassing State or local government priority setting, which is part of established Federal assistance programs. Also, using these additional funding sources could potentially work at cross (341025)

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