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

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 Zatershed Protection Program

Results Not Demonstrated

150

250

Department of Commerce

Advanced Zechnology 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

-

-

Source: Office of Management and Budget