Programs that fail Bush test see funding cuts

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Programs that fail Bush test see funding cuts
Wednesday, February 11, 2004

The Bush administration is using the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) to determine which federal programs deserve money and which don't.

In the 2005 budget, 13 programs are targeted for cutbacks or elimination altogether. The White House doesn't think they are producing results, The Washington Post reported.

The list includes four in the Department of Education. Even Start, which provides grants to promote literacy among low-income families; Perkins loans, a $99 million program for low-interest loans to needy college students; the $107 million tech prep education state grants; and a $9 million occupational and employment information program for high school students.

At the Department of Housing and Urban Development , the $570 million HOPE VI program to improve public housing would be slashed to just $149 million.

At the Justice Department, the budget seeks to cut juvenile accountability incentive block grants and the state criminal alien assistance program. The $50 million metropolitan medical response system at the Department of Homeland Security would be eliminated.

Get the Story:
OMB Draws a Hit List of 13 Programs It Calls Failures (The Washington Post 2/11)

PART Assesments for 2005:
Department of Interior | All Agencies

PART Assessments for 2004:
School Construction | School Operations | Tribal Land Consolidation

DOI FY2005 Budget:
Fiscal Year 2005 Budget in Brief | Unified Trust Budget | Serving Tribal Communities | BIA Highlights | Departmental Offices [for Office of Special Trustee]

Relevant Links:
Program Assessment Rating Tool, White House OMB - http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/part