Information on Prime Sponsor CETA Expenditures Related to Membership Organizations

GAO reviewed prime sponsors' use of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) funds for activities related to membership organizations to determine: (1) the Department of Labor's authority to allow prime sponsors to use CETA funds for activities related to membership organizations, (2) the amount of CETA funds used for such activities, (3) the services that membership organizations provide to CETA prime sponsors, (4) the nature of CETA participation benefits resulting from such activities, and (5) the use of CETA funds to indirectly support lobbying. GAO also determined whether prime sponsors of similar size made comparable expenditures related to services and activities of membership organizations.