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GGD-81-41 1 (1980-12-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbkn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -q UNITED) STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 DIVISION 111111 B-201644 114115 DECEMBER 31, 1980 The Honorable Henry L. Bellmon The Honorable Pete V. Domenici United States Senate Subject: Lssessment of whether the Federal grant process is beizg politicized during election yea (GGD-81-41) In your September 15, 1980, letter, you requested that we study the possible politicization of the Federal grant award process in election years. As arranged during our November 14, 1980, briefing of Senator Domenici's office, we are providing a summary of the results of our work. As the recent national election shows, assertions are sometimes made that Federal grants are awarded to achieve political purposes. While our work was by no means suffi- ciently comprehensive to resolve this issue, the limited amount of work we did seemed to dispel any notion that such politicization is of a magnitude to be reflected in gross award patterns in election versus nonelection years. ,Without question, political factors influence the dis- tribution of grant funds. It is the political process itself that determines the extent to which factors such as population and income or other indicators of need are important in the distribution of program funds. The Congress usually specifies the rules under which the executive branch operates these pro- grams. Such specifications widen or narrow applicant eligi- bility, suggest or mandate criteria for awarding discretionary grants, or establish a formula to distribute funds. A major structural distinction between types of grant programs is the criteria for fund distribution--formula or discretionary. In formula programs, which represent the ma- jority of Federal assistance dollars, the Congress generally (017701)

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