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Office of Grants Management urges staffing and procurement fixes to draw down federal funds
Summary
The director of the Office of Grants Management told the joint committee OGM oversees about 110 projects and identified procurement and staffing bottlenecks that slow spending and drawdowns. Committee members asked OGM and finance to coordinate to add capacity and speed payments, including solutions for unpaid artists under NEA grants.
The Office of Grants Management (OGM) and finance staff told the joint committee that federal awards and construction projects are held up by procurement capacity constraints and insufficient staff to process payments and draw down funds.
OGM Director Eppi Cabrera said OGM directly manages about 110 projects and estimated roughly $1.679 billion in federal funds recorded in Munis across many accounts. He and other officials said procurement bottlenecks and limited staff in finance and federal grant sections slow spending and increase the risk of returned or unspent awards.
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