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B-203057 1 (1982-03-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobachka0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMIPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE U 1-ITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 2054S B-203057 March 25, 1982 The Honorable Charles F. Dougherty House of Representatives Dear Mr. Dougherty:- On-April 28, 1981, representatives :of-.this Office-met with you and Mr. Michael J. Carman, Senior Legislative Assistant, in your office concerning a project you desired us to undertake. You and Mr. Carman briefed our representatives on allegations of possible misuse of Federal funds by certain Federal grantees in.the Philadelphia area and requested this Office to obtain additional data in order to verify or refute the allegations.. In each .case we identified and con- tacted the appropriate granting agency or department and requested -it to investigate the allegations and provide us with an. administrative report. The specific grantee organizations and allegations you asked us to look into are as follows: * (l) The Parents Union for Public Schools, Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, a grantee of the Department of Justice,-was accused by one.of your constituents of causing disruption in the Philadelphia Public School System. It was alleged that the award of the grant-was opposed by the Philadelphia Board of Education. (2) The Institute for t1he Study of Civic Values, an ACTION grantee which used V.1STA volunteers, prepared a measurement survey for use by members-of the public to assess the impact of President Reagan's Economic Recovery Program on the cities and communities in which -they h live. It was alleged that the survey, which purported to measure the cruelty and greed irdex of the Administration's economic recovery program, is very political because it is critical of the Administra- tion's program. (3) The Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a grantee of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment, is alleged to have engaged in advocacy and political activities. We have reviewed the administrative reports and are unable to conclude on the basis of the evidence that further investigative efforts are warranted. The results of these investigations.are summarized below. PARENTS UNION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS On June ,1, 1980, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Office of Justice Assistance, Research-and Statistics, Department of Justice, awarded the sum of $536,856 -in Law:Enforcement Assistance dministration (LE.AA) funds to the Parents Union as grant

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