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Research for the AASHTO Standing Committee on Public Transportation. Task 66. States and Local Use of Administrative Resources Provided by the Federal Transit Administration

项目名称：	Research for the AASHTO Standing Committee on Public Transportation. Task 66. States and Local Use of Administrative Resources Provided by the Federal Transit Administration
摘要：	States operate administratively under different guidelines allowing certain expenses to be charged to federal programs. Budgetary decision makers are asking questions on how States are currently using Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrative Funds identified in 49 United States Code (USC) Chapter 53. Studying how administrative resources are utilized by states could help justify the promotion of more efficient, effective approaches to FTA program management. Research is needed to document current practices on whether or not states are able to use federal funds for various expenses including salaries, travel, operating expenses and contracting. The research should also address the percentages of funding used from FTA programs (i.e., the FTA grant program may allow for 10% for state administrative expenses, but the state only utilizes 5%) and should also detail amount/percentage for the various types of expenses. Results among those managing FTA programs will certainly vary, but findings may show consistent patterns which plant seeds for uniform improvement. If states are not allowed to utilize federal funds or elect to supplement the available federal funds with additional funds from other sources for administrative costs, it would be helpful to know the sources of those funds utilized versus federal. This research would investigate how FTA administrative funds are utilized once passed on to state agencies and the percentage of the total FTA administrative funds that can be used to meet expenses under state requirements. Queries would be conducted to see how FTA administrative funds are used, and comparisons would be drawn across State agencies to document current utilization of the funds. The objective of this research is to inform state FTA program management models employed by state FTA program managers. It would consider the factors mentioned above, in addition to any others deemed important through a review of relevant literature. With this information, state FTA program managers would be able to identify how other states are able to utilize funds to meet the ongoing expenses of appropriate program management including tools, technology, staffing strategies and opportunities. Specifically, the project will result in documentation of the current uses of federal funds at the state oversight level.
状态：	Active
资金：	50000.00
资助组织：	National Cooperative Highway Research Program
项目负责人：	Chisholm-Smith, Gwen G
开始时间：	20150310
预计完成日期：	0
实际结束时间：	0