a. Each time the "Percent rural" column is empty, it signifies that the subject program was not included in the CFFR. Therefore, USDA could not develop Beale codes for the program, and we could not calculate the rural percentage to determine what part of program funds went to rural areas. The "Rural share" column will also be blank for such programs. b. C. This program did not appear in the 1986 Catalog, which was our source of program information for fiscal year 1985. According to the Catalog, obligations for this program are reported under program 11.300. d. This program does not appear in the 1988 Catalog, which was our source of program information for fiscal year 1987. Catalog indicates that the program has been deleted. e. The According to the 1988 Catalog, this is the current name for this program. It also states that fiscal year 1987 obligations are not separately identifiable. 9. This program does not appear in the Catalog. However, it is an important rural development-type program. therefore, included information obtained from the U.S. Budget Appendix. We have, h. The Catalog showed only "Salaries and Expenses," not grants, payments, or loans for this program. i. According to the 1988 Catalog, this program was incorporated in program 47.071 in 1987. j. According to the Catalog, this program was added in 1986. Funding is included in the total for program 14.156 and is not separately identified. k. According to the Catalog, this figure includes obligations for programs 14.851 and 14.852. 1. According to the Catalog, obligations for this program are reported under program 14.850. m. According to the Catalog, this program was part of program 11.800 through 1985; therefore, the fiscal year 1985 obligations for this program are reported under program 11.800. n. The 1988 Catalog indicates that fiscal year 1987 obligations for this program are reported (and not separately identifiable) under program 30.002. O. The Catalog states that for fiscal year 1987, obligations (loans) for this program are included in program 59.008. p. The amounts shown for this program may include obligations for other than loans; the Catalog does not provide a breakout for this program. r. The Catalog states that obligations (mortgages insured) for this program are reported under Program 14.509. This program primarily funds salaries and expenses for government workers. However, both in fiscal years 1985 and 1980, it made loans of $10,000. No loans were made in fiscal year 1987, but the Catalog estimated loans of about $479,000 for fiscal yea 1988 and about $50,000 for fiscal year 1989. According to the Catalog, obligations (loans) for this program are included under program 14.142. According to the Catalog, obligations (mortgages insured) for this program are reported under program 14.126. t. منا According to the Catalog, the obligations (mortgages insured) shown for this program include funding for programs 14.119 and 14.121. v. According to the Catalog, obligations mortgages insured) for this program are reported under program 14.117. v. 14.132. According to the Catalog, the obligations (mortgages insured) shown for this program include funding for programs 14.124 and In fiscal year 1987, no mortgages were insured for programs 14.124 and 14.126 and no units were insured for program 14.132. Cumulative totals through September 30, 1987, were 512 projects with 70,401 units insured with a value of $963.6 million for programs 14.124 and 14.126 and 33,918 home mortgages insured with a value of $429.6 million for program 14.132. X. According to the Catalog, obligations (mortgages insured) for this program are reported under program 14.134. y. According to the Catalog, obligations (mortgages insured) for this program include funding for program 14.127. Z. According to the Catalog, obligations (mortgages insured) for this program are reported under program 14.137. According to the Catalog, the obligations (mortgages insured) shown for this program include funding for program 14.135. Because of this combination a consolidated share percentage was computed using information from the CFFR. ab. According to the Catalog, the obligations (loans insured) shown for this program include funding for programs 14.110 and Because of this combination, a consolidated share percentage was computed using information from the CFFR. 14.162. ac. According to the Catalog, obligations (mortgages insured) for this program are reported under program 14.159. For this program, the Catalog states that "Mortgages are insured and experimental features are guaranteed to the home owner. No direct funding or subsidies are provided for the project." The 1988 Catalog reports that cumulative totals for the program are about 600 units insured with a value of about $10 million. af. For this program, the Catalog states that "Mortgages are insured and experimental features are guaranteed. No funds or subsidies are available." The 1988 Catalog reports that cumulatively a total of about 5,000 units (under programs 14.508 and 14.509) have been insured for a total of $100 million in mortgages since the program's inception. OBJECTIVES, ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, AND OTHER This appendix provides information on the programs discussed in section 4. This information was excerpted from the data tape used by the General Services Administration in preparing the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. We selected those elements that we believed would provide information needed by a reader interested in learning more about a specific program. We did not audit any of the budget figures or descriptive data, except for some minor editing. |