The Government Accountability Office said NTIA and the Rural Util...
The Government Accountability Office said NTIA and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) “face scheduling, staffing, and data challenges in evaluating applications and awarding funds” under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. “In particular, the agencies may lack time to…
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apply lessons learned from the first funding round and to throughly evaluate applications for the remaining rounds,” GAO said in a report released Monday. GAO also raised concerns that the agencies lack funding for oversight after fiscal year 2010, as well as updated performance goals. And NTIA hasn’t yet defined annual audit requirements for commercial entities funded under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, it said. NTIA and RUS agreed with the GAO’s recommendations, GAO said.