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AIMD-00-279R 1 (2000-08-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptakvr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Accounting and Information Washington, DC 20548 Management Division B-284473 August 24, 2000 The Honorable Helen Chenoweth-Hage Chairman, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Committee on Resources House of Representatives Subject: Forest Service: Funding Allocations to Region 4 Dear Madam Chairman: This letter summarizes the information provided during today's briefing to your office. The enclosed briefing slides (see enclosure I) highlight the results of our work on funding allocations made by the Forest Service's Washington Office (WO) headquarters to the Intermountain Region (Region 4). Region 4 is one of nine regional offices and covers the states of Nevada and Utah and parts of the states of Idaho, Wyoming, and California. Specifically, you asked us to obtain information on (1) funds allocated to Region 4 during fiscal years 1995-2000 for budget line items under the National Forest System (NFS) appropriation, (2) reasons for trends and year-to-year changes in NFS' funding allocations to Region 4, (3) how budget line item amounts in the budget requests Region 4 submitted for fiscal years 1998-2000 differed from the final allocations it received, and (4) funds allocated to all regions during fiscal years 1995-2000 for the Fire Preparedness budget line item under the Wildland Fire Management appropriation. Each year the Congress appropriates monies to fund the Forest Service's programs and activities as part of the appropriations act for the Department of the Interior and related agencies. In the conference report on the Forest Service's appropriation, funds within the NFS and Wildland Fire Management appropriations are itemized into budget line items. The fiscal year 1999 conference report itemized about 20 budget line items for the NFS appropriation and 2 budget line items-Fire Preparedness and Fire Operations-for the Wildland Fire Management appropriation. Upon appropriation, the Forest Service removes off-the-top funds needed to operate the WO and specifies funding that will be used for earmarks, national commitments, technical support units, and special projects. The WO then allocates the remaining funds (referred to as net available) by budget line item to its nine regional offices. Since fiscal year 1997, net available funds from the NFS GAO/AIMD-00-279R Funding Allocations to Forest Service Region 4

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