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IPE-82-8 1 (1982-09-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdql0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1/7 Cl BY THE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman Of The Subcommittee On Oversight Of The Committee On Ways And Means United States House Of Representatives Lessons Learned From Past Block Grants: Implications For Congressional Oversight Block grant programs enacted before 1 981 have successfully targeted services to people designated as economically disad- vantaged. The Congress may never know whether the new block grants enacted under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 are similarly successful in social targeting--or in other objectives-- because the Federal Government is not requiring uniform data collection. GAO found no evidence from the early block grants of administrative savings that would offset budget cuts of greater than 10 percent in programmatic activities. Although the past is always an uncertain predictor of the future, this experience raises questions about the amount of cost savings that will emerge under the block grants created in 1981. 'S\ \u\Utl\\\l;l W. O t 119499 GAO/IPE-82-8 (, ... SEPTEMBER 23, 1982 Oa3Lf 31

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