Program Assessment Rating Tool Results: President Bush's Fiscal 2006 Budget

February 7, 2005
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President Bush's proposed fiscal 2006 budget includes ratings of hundreds of federal programs using the Office of Management and Budget's Program Assessment Rating Tool. For almost 50 of the programs, the administration recommended eliminating funding next year. Those programs are listed below.

Agency	Program Title	Rating	2004 Actual Funding (millions of dollars)	2005 Enacted Funding (millions of dollars)
American Battle Monuments Commission	World War II Memorial	Effective	22	-
Department of Agriculture	Emergency Watershed Protection Program	Results Not Demonstrated	150	250
Department of Commerce	Advanced Technology Program	Adequate	169	136
Department of Defense--Military	Comanche Helicopter Program	Results Not Demonstrated	1,068	-
Department of Education	B.J. Stupak Olympic scholarships	Results Not Demonstrated	1	1
Department of Education	Byrd Honors Scholarships	Results Not Demonstrated	41	41
Department of Education	Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers	Results Not Demonstrated	28	-
Department of Education	Comprehensive School Reform	Adequate	234	205
Department of Education	Even Start	Ineffective	247	225
Department of Education	Federal Perkins Loans	Ineffective	165	66
Department of Education	GEAR UP	Adequate	298	306
Department of Education	Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership	Results Not Demonstrated	66	66
Department of Education	National Writing Project	Results Not Demonstrated	18	20
Department of Education	Occupational and Employment Information	Results Not Demonstrated	9	9
Department of Education	Parental Information and Resource Centers	Results Not Demonstrated	42	42
Department of Education	Projects with Industry	Adequate	22	22
Department of Education	Safe and Drug Free Schools State Grants	Ineffective	441	437
Department of Education	Teacher Quality Enhancement	Results Not Demonstrated	89	68
Department of Education	Tech-Prep Education State Grants	Results Not Demonstrated	107	106
Department of Education	TRIO Talent Search	Results Not Demonstrated	144	145
Department of Education	TRIO Upward Bound	Ineffective	312	313
Department of Education	Vocational Education State Grants	Ineffective	1,195	1,194
Department of Energy	Nuclear Energy Research Initiative	Results Not Demonstrated	6	-
Department of Energy	Southeastern Power Administration	Moderately Effective	5	5
Department of Health and Human Services	Community Services Block Grant	Results Not Demonstrated	642	637
Department of Health and Human Services	Emergency Medical Services for Children	Results Not Demonstrated	20	20
Department of Health and Human Services	Health Alert Network	Adequate	-	-
Department of Health and Human Services	Traumatic Brain Injury	Results Not Demonstrated	9	9
Department of Homeland Security	Coast Guard Polar Icebreaking Program	Results Not Demonstrated	47	47
Department of Homeland Security	Metropolitan Medical Response System	Results Not Demonstrated	50	30
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Community Development Block Grant (Formula)	Ineffective	4,331	4,117
Department of Housing and Urban Development	National Community Development Initiative	Moderately Effective	35	34
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH)	Results Not Demonstrated	7	7
Department of Housing and Urban Development	Rural Housing and Economic Development	Ineffective	25	24
Department of the Interior	Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) State Grants	Results Not Demonstrated	91	90
Department of Justice	Juvenile Accountability Block Grants	Ineffective	59	54
Department of Justice	State Criminal Alien Assistance Program	Results Not Demonstrated	297	301
Department of Labor	Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers	Ineffective	79	78
Department of State	Non-Security Based Capital Construction Program	Effective	64	-
Department of the Treasury	Bank Enterprise Award	Results Not Demonstrated	15	10
Department of the Treasury	CDFI Fund: Financial and Technical Assistance	Adequate	38	32
Department of the Treasury	Tropical Forest Conservation Act*	Results Not Demonstrated	20	20
Environmental Protection Agency	Environmental Education	Results Not Demonstrated	9	9
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Mission and Science Measurement Technology	Moderately Effective	459	-
Small Business Administration	Business Information Centers	Results Not Demonstrated	-	-
Small Business Administration	Section 504 Certified Development Company Guaranteed Loan Program	Adequate	-	-
Small Business Administration	Section 7 (a) Guaranteed Loan Program	Adequate	78	-
Small Business Administration	Small Business Investment Company	Adequate	-	-