National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: NMFS's Cooperative Science and Education Program Awards Were Not Competitively Selected, CFDA No. 11.455. Final Audit Report No. STL-10951-9-0001

摘要

The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administrations (NOAA) mission is to describe and predict changes in the Earth's environment and to conserve and manage wisely the nation's coastal resources. The National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) mission is to provide stewardship of living marine resources for the benefit of the nation through science-based conservation and management and promotion of the health of the marine environment. NOAA, through NMFS, administers the Cooperative Science and Education Program, classified as No. 11.455 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. The program's objective is to provide grants and cooperative agreements to furnish biological, socio-economic, and physical science research on fishery stocks and protected resources that will contribute to their optimal management, and to develop innovative approaches and methods for marine and estuarine science. The Cooperative Science and Education Program does not have legislation authorizing a financial assistance program and does not receive specific annual appropriations or funding allotments. Program awards have always been made noncompetitively in response to unsolicited proposals.