Report 2010-101 Recommendation 17 Responses

Report 2010-101: Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery: Deficiencies in Forecasting and Ineffective Management Have Hindered the Beverage Container Recycling Program (Release Date: June 2010)

Recommendation #17 To: Resources Recycling and Recovery, Department of

To improve oversight of grants and ensure that the intended value is received from the grant funds it awards, the department should more closely scrutinize the risks associated with proposed market development grants.

1-Year Agency Response

According to state law, the annual funding for market development and expansion grants will end on January 1, 2012, and the department indicated that no new funding is anticipated. Thus, the department indicated that any further review of new grants is suspended until new funding is reinstated. (2012-406, p. 160).

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2010-101

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.