EDA Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant Recipient Selections Were Generally Made Competitively but Its Merit-Based Selection Process Can Be Further Improved

This is our audit of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA’s) fiscal years (FYs) 2014 and 2015 solicitation, evaluation, and selection processes for Public Works (PW) and Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) grant recipient selections. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of EDA’s FYs 2014 and 2015 solicitation, evaluation, and selection processes to determine whether the PW and EAA grant recipient selections were made competitively and on a merit basis as required by federal, Departmental, and agency regulations.