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092422 1 (1972-02-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacwif0001 and id is 1 raw text is: *nUNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION FEB 2 9 1972 LM092422 Dear Mr. Jackson: During our survey of Community Planning and Management programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) we noted certain matters relating to the administration of the Urban Studies Fellowship Program, established under Title VIII of the HUD Act of b 1964, as amended, which we believe wF-rant your attention. These matters concern the need for vUD to -() establish specific applicant evaluation criteria for selecti-g f-1 ilws and (2) evaluate the results attained under the program in light of the statutory objective of the program. This objective, as you know, is to provide fellowships for the graduate training of professional city planning and urban and housing technicians and specialists. Our review was performed at the HUD central office. Our views and conclusions are based primarily on the applicant selection proce- dures followed by HUD for the 1971-72 school year. We discussed these selection procedures with HUD program officials, the former director of the program, and with HUD staff members who reviewed and evaluated applications. In addition, we reviewed data that was included in the applications of fellows who were selected by HUD for participation in the program during the 1971-72 school year. HUD SELECTION OF FELLOWS HUD received about 800 applications for financial assistance under this program for the 1971-72 school year. HUD officials said that be- cause of the limited time that was available for the Urban Studies Fellowship Advisory Board to review all applications, the Board members asked that HUD select from this number about 225 applications for sub- mission to the Board for its final review and approval. HUD designated about 15 of its employees (generally from the staff of the former Office of Small Towns Services and Intergovcrnmental Relations) to make the preliminary -selection of about 225 applicants. Each application-- reviewed by at least two employees--was submitted to the Board for its consideration only if the employees agreed that the application warranted such further review. The former program director told us that several factors were con- sidered by the HUD employees (evaluators) in their review of the appli- cations. These factors included such matters as the applicant's LOL

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