| Title |
Investing in the Environment: Environmental Quality Grant & Loan Programs Performance Audit |
| Abstract |
This JLARC-initiated study examines the performance of 12 capital budget-funded grant and loan programs that, together, fund over $400 million in environmental quality projects during the 1999/01 Biennium. The audit reviews the performance of these programs from an investment perspective new way of examining the performance of such programs. Two questions are addressed what are the results of the investments made thus far, and which investment practices are in place to produce desired long-term results? The audit finds that many programs lack key features for fostering sound long-term environmental investments. Recommendations to improve program investment performance and grant and loan services to local governments are made.
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| Author(s) |
Bob Thomas, Project Supervisor
Karl Herzog
Rakesh Mohan
Heather Moss |
| Print Availability |
Request hard copy from the
JLARC Publications Officer
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| Keywords |
investing in the environment, environmental grant and loan, grants and loans, quality grant and loan, performance audit, environmental investment need, needs, natural resources, natural resources budget, environmental quality, investment performance, measuring investment returns, monitoring environmental quality, monitor environmental quality, environmental performance measure, measures, framework, frame work, investment decision making, decision-making, long-term environmental, distributing versus investing, investment practices, case study watersheds, capital budget, capital budgets, capital budget appropriations, appropriate, appropriation, natural resources budget, $440 million, process output, process outputs, project/program, output, outputs, adaptive management, project reporting system, salmon recovery, scorecard, score card, |
| Category |
Economic Development/Natural Resources |