The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) obligated about $788 million in disaster assistance, as of May 2020, to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, and Hawaii for response and recovery efforts following the 2018 disasters—most of which went to the CNMI. About $541 million (69 percent) of these obligations went to recovery projects in the CNMI, Guam, and Hawaii,

The Corps' authority to use river training structures in the Mississippi River comes from several Rivers and Harbors Acts, which collectively require the Corps to maintain a 9-foot navigation channel in the river, and several Water Resources Development Acts, which also authorize projects in the Corps' civil works program. In using these structures, the Corps must comply with federal environmenta

OBO in 2001 began instituting organizational and management reforms designed to cut costs, put in place standard designs and review processes, and reduce the construction period for new embassies and consulates. OBO now has mechanisms to more effectively manage the embassy construction program, including (1) an annual Long-Range Overseas Buildings Plan to guide the planning and execution of the p

HUD has generally used the same core rating factors to assess HOPE VI grant applications--need, capacity, quality, and leveraging. However, HUD has, over time, increased the requirements that housing authorities must meet for each of these factors in order to make better selection decisions. Although authorities' historical program performance had been considered under various rating factors, it

GSA and the City of Charleston have developed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) setting forth the terms and conditions for the exchange. Under the MOU, in exchange for the Rivers Building, the City of Charleston would convey to the federal government a parcel of city-owned land at 101 Broad Street and construct a building on it to support existing federal functions. This newly constructed feder

HUD's Section 202 program provides a valuable housing resource for very low income elderly households. Although they represent a small share of all elderly households, very low income elderly renters have acute housing affordability problems because of their limited income and the need for supportive services. The Section 202 program, which offers about 260,000 rental units nationwide and ensures

The amount of time airports spend planning and building their runways can vary because of numerous factors. In light of this variation, for the 32 runway projects we analyzed, we used median rather than average time. The median time was about 10 years for runways that had been completed and was estimated to be about 14 years for those not completed. Most airports and stakeholders we visited and s