Federal Grant Transparency: Clear Rules for Public Funding Decisions.
This Act mandates greater transparency in how federal agencies award competitive grants. Agencies must now clearly publish the exact rating systems, evaluation criteria, and weighting methods used to assess applications. This ensures that organizations and citizens seeking public funds understand precisely how decisions are made, promoting fairness and accountability in the use of taxpayer money.
Key points
Federal agencies must disclose detailed scoring systems and the weight assigned to each criterion for competitive grant applications.
The selection process must be based on clear, publicly available merit criteria, eliminating hidden rules for fund allocation.
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