National Parks: Emergency Law Enforcement Expenditures at Two Recreation Areas
RCED-86-107
Published: Mar 07, 1986. Publicly Released: Mar 07, 1986.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed how the National Park Service (NPS) uses its emergency law enforcement expenditure authority at two national recreation areas.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of the Interior | The Secretary of the Interior should direct the Director, NPS, to ensure that emergency law enforcement expenditures are made for the purposes authorized by Congress by requesting funds for anticipated, recurring, and routine law enforcement costs through the annual budget process. |
Actions include revising NPS policy guidelines, reviewing emergency law enforcement funds by the Associate Director for Park Operations, a quarterly review of all obligations charged to emergency law enforcement accounts, random audits, and law enforcement expenditures that do not meet the criteria will be identified and a plan developed for funding expenses through the annual budget process.
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Appropriated fundsBackdoor authorityBudget administrationEmergency preparednessFederal property managementFunds managementLaw enforcementNational recreation areasPoliceExpenditure of funds