GAO report stings Bush's faith-based initiative

They are probably ripping us off 40 ways from Sunday.

WorkingForChange-GAO report stings Bush's faith-based initiative:

The GAO study entitled 'Faith-Based and Community Initiative: Improvements in Monitoring Grantees and Measuring Performance Could Enhance Accountability' found that 'While officials in all 26 FBOs [faith-based organizations receiving federal grants] that we visited said that they understood that federal funds cannot be used for inherently religious activities, a few FBOs described activities that appeared to violate this safeguard. Four of the 13 FBOs that provided voluntary religious activities did not separate in time or location some religious activities from federally funded program services.'

The report also noted that '[L]ittle information is available to assess progress toward another long-term goal of improving participant outcomes because outcome-based evaluations for many pilot programs have not begun.'
Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., who along with Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., requested the report, said 'The Bush administration has failed to develop standards to verify that faith-based organizations aren't using federal funds to pay for inherently religious activity or to provide services on the basis of religion.'