Labor Needs To Better Select, Monitor, and Evaluate Its Employment and Training Awardees
HRD-81-111
Published: Aug 28, 1981. Publicly Released: Sep 10, 1981.
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Highlights
The Department of Labor's Office of National Programs administers about $600 million each fiscal year in grant and contract awards under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and the Older Americans Act. GAO reviewed the activities of the Office to assess how well it carried out its administrative processes.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Labor | The Secretary of Labor should direct the Office of National Programs to place a greater emphasis on its monitoring activities. This emphasis should include: (1) increased site visits; (2) prompt identification, follow-up, and resolution of problems with awardee performance; (3) documentation in award files of substantive agreements, problems, resolutions, or outstanding issues; and (4) development of a system to ensure that awardees submit required reports. |
Closed
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| Department of Labor | The Secretary of Labor should direct the Office of National Programs to prepare written assessments of an awardee's performance under prior awards before re-funding the awardee. |
Closed
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| Department of Labor | The Secretary of Labor should separate the Office of National Programs' grant and contract management functions from its program management functions. The award management function, including grant and contracting officer authority, should be independent of the Office of National Programs. |
Closed
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| Department of Labor | The Secretary of Labor should require that the Office of National Programs' program offices fully carry out and document all evaluations of proposals and negotiations with applicants. |
Closed
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| Department of Labor | The Secretary of Labor should require that the Office of National Programs' preaward authorization letters specifically state what the Government and awardees have agreed upon to protect the Government's interests. |
Closed
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| Department of Labor | The Secretary of Labor should require that the Office of National Programs place awardees on letters of credit only after awardees document that they meet Federal requirements. |
Closed
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| Department of Labor | The Secretary of Labor should require the Office of National Programs to begin award processing early enough so that award effective dates occur on or after the dates both parties sign the awards. |
Closed
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| Department of Labor | The Secretary of Labor should request proposals for Indian program activities only after appropriations are known. |
Closed
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| Department of Labor | The Secretary of Labor should direct the Office of National Programs to fully justify in writing all awards made on a noncompetitive basis. |
Closed
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| Department of Labor | The Secretary of Labor should direct the Office of National Programs to make greater use of competitive awards for its special projects. |
Closed
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AwardsCompensationEducationEmployment assistance programsGrant administrationMonitoringProgram managementSole source procurementCETA programsNative Americans