Assess whether a grant special condition is being waived de facto (0786fd)

Situation

After a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year, hearing Q-and-A that conflicts with the published plan is what IG response coordinator can touch in an emergency-management shop allocating scarce resources. Government will live with Pay or continue versus Recoup on this Budget and Performance file.

Decision

IG response coordinator in an emergency-management shop allocating scarce resources must choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold using hearing Q-and-A that conflicts with the published plan after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year.

Hypotheses to test

• A performance target that was quietly changed mid-year is noise around an already-controlled Budget and Performance process in an emergency-management shop allocating scarce resources, given hearing Q-and-A that conflicts with the published plan.
• A performance target that was quietly changed mid-year is the event in hearing Q-and-A that conflicts with the published plan that forces Pay or continue for IG response coordinator under Government.
• Hearing Q-and-A that conflicts with the published plan shows a one-file miss after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year, not a Budget and Performance program failure.
• Hearing Q-and-A that conflicts with the published plan cannot decide a grant special condition yet after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year; hold is the only Government close an emergency-management shop allocating scarce resources can defend.

Analysis required

• Check notice and appeal timing around a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year.
• Trace the audit trail IG response coordinator would produce for oversight.
• Map eligibility, appropriation, and program rules in hearing Q-and-A that conflicts with the published plan after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year.
• For this Government Budget and Performance file, read hearing Q-and-A that conflicts with the published plan against a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year and write the one fact that would move a grant special condition for IG response coordinator.

Recommendation

Choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold on this Government / Budget and Performance packet (hearing Q-and-A that conflicts with the published plan after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year). Lead with the Government option hearing Q-and-A that conflicts with the published plan can support after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for IG response coordinator in an emergency-management shop allocating scarce resources.