GAO FINDS SHIFT IN FUND CHOICES

In a study released December 5, 1997, the General Accounting Office (GAO) says that in 1995, 92% of the projects picked for funding by the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) Office of the Administrator were rated "most promising" or "promising" by the agency's staff. That share fell to 69% of the projects funded in 1996 and 59% in 1997. GAO says the shift was most pronounced in selections for Public Lands roads; Interstate resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction; and bridge discretionary grant awards. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bud Shuster used the results to slam FHWA, saying, "This strongly suggests that the whole process has been politicized" and "raises serious questions about the extent to which we should continue discretionary programs." FHWA Administrator Kenneth Wykle says that "the report shows the FHWA administrator acted appropriately within the authority granted by Congress."

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• Authors:
  • Ichniowski, T
• Publication Date: 1997-12-15

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 13
• Serial:
  • ENR
  • Volume: 239
  • Issue Number: 24
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Finance; Financing; Grant aid; Highway bridges; Highway maintenance; Political factors; Public land; Roads
• Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System; U.S. Federal Highway Administration; U.S. General Accounting Office
• Old TRIS Terms: Discretionary programs; Federal highway administrator
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00745061
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 6 1998 12:00AM