Promoting Democracy: The National Endowment for Democracy's Management of Grants Overseas
NSIAD-86-185
Published: Sep 24, 1986. Publicly Released: Oct 28, 1986.
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Highlights
In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Endowment for Democracy's procedures for selecting, monitoring, and evaluating its grantee programs.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| National Endowment for Democracy | The Endowment should prepare and implement procedures to put its 1986 policy statement into practice, and provide specific guidance on program priorities and geographical targets for grantees to use in developing projects. |
Closed – Implemented
The Endowment has implemented procedures that reflect the 1986 policy statement, but its program priorities statements fail to target geographical areas with sufficient specificity.
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| United States Information Agency | The U.S. Information Agency (USIA) should ensure that the Endowment's Board of Directors establishes procedures and assigns responsibility so that the Endowment can perform, or require to be performed, selective, independent auditing or other forms of verification of the information submitted by grantees to ensure compliance with grant terms and objectives. |
Closed – Implemented
USIA failed to add language to the 1987 grant, despite the promise made in its report to Congressman Brooks.
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| United States Information Agency | USIA should ensure that the Endowment's Board of Directors clarifies the Endowment's current procedures in terms of the Board's March 1986 policy statement, which identifies the Endowment's responsibility for evaluating projects. |
Closed – Implemented
The Endowment clarified procedures per the GAO recommendation.
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