Selection Process Used for First Round of Local Public Works Program: Adequate but Some Problems Experienced

The Economic Development Administration's (EDA) rules and regulations governing the allocation of funds and selection of projects for the first round of funding under the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 (LPW) were reviewed. The purpose of the review was to determine whether: regulations and procedures followed by EDA were in accordance with congressional intent, overall policies and procedures followed in selecting projects were adequate, computer methodology used in processing and scoring project applications was adequate, and unemployment data used in allocating funds to the States and in scoring and ranking the projects were reliable.