National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: NESDIS's Research in Remote Sensing of the Earth and Environment Program Awards Were Not Competitively Selected CFA No. 11.440. Final Audit Report No. ATL-10944-9-0001

摘要

The Office of Inspector General conducted an audit of the fiscal year 1997 procedures and practices for soliciting, reviewing, and selecting applications for financial assistance under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Services (NESDIS) Research in Remote Sensing of the Earth and Environment program. The program is classified as No. 11.440 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. The audit was conducted as part of a Department-wide review of Commerce's discretionary financial assistance programs initiated at the request of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Discretionary financial assistance programs are those programs for which federal agencies have the authority to independently determine the recipients and funding levels of the awards. These programs involve a significant portion of the Commerce Department's budget and operations, representing approximately $1 billion annually.