About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

CED-81-32 1 (1981-04-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbwb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL V r Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES Need To Reexamine The Federal Role In Planning, Selecting, And Funding State And Local Parks Since 1965 the Federal Government has granted $2.5 billion to States for planning, acquiring, and developing more than 27,000 parks and outdoor recreation facilities. During the 1980s an additional $4.7 billion could be granted to States to further satisfy America's outdoor recreation needs. The Department of the Interior must manage the program more effectively by requiring States to im- prove their planning, selecting, and funding processes for providing recreation facilities. States, counties, and cities are relying on Fed- eral support to operate and maintain their recreation facilities as well as to finance, in some cases, up to 100 percent of recreation rojects' acquisition and development costs. ecause State and local government park sys- tems are becoming dependent on Federal funding sources, the Congress should reexam- ine the Federal role and decide whether this trend should continue. The President has not included funding for State recreation grants in his fiscal year 1982 budget. He proposes to limit additional ac- quisitions in an effort to promote better man- agement of existing facilities. GAO agrees with the President's proposal. GAO has also made several recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior to improve the controls and uses of the fund if State rec- reation grants are not eliminated. <ID Sr'?2 r 1 is 0 *..* No 115079 CED-81-32 APRIL 22, 1981 0! J/6117 11P0tq

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most