NTIA's BIP, TBCP Need Better Performance Metrics, GAO Says
NTIA needs better performance goals and measures for its tribal broadband connectivity and broadband infrastructure programs or it will struggle to track progress, GAO said Tuesday. It said management of them has been generally in line with recommended practices for…
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grant awarding, though slow, and goals and measures for the programs don't include all primary functions, nor are they fully quantifiable. NTIA also needs to improve its fraud risk management, GAO said. Several Commerce offices have roles in fraud risk management, but none was designated as lead and NTIA didn't do a fraud risk assessment, the report said. Among GAO's 15 recommendations are designating a dedicated entity to lead fraud risk management activities for the programs, and defining broadband affordability and reliability so the programs' performance goals are quantifiable and measurable. NTIA didn't comment.