§10109 Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management

Summary

Creates an Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management led by a Director chosen by the Attorney General. The Attorney General controls the Director and may only pass that control to the Assistant Attorney General, who cannot pass it on. The Office must run checks on grants, manage grant information, and follow any special grant conditions by talking with the office that set them. It is the only part of the Department of Justice, besides the Inspector General, allowed to do these review and management jobs. Any similar work done by other DOJ parts before January 5, 2006 is moved into this Office. The Office covers the program under subchapter XVI, grants run by the Office of Justice Programs, and other DOJ grant programs the Attorney General picks. The Director must pick grants to review so the reviews cover at least 10 percent of total grant money. Reviews must finish by the end of the grant if the grant is one year or less, and once each year if longer. The National Institute of Justice still evaluates programs but must talk with this Director. If a grant is not following its rules, the Director must act to fix it. If more than 1 percent of a grant was misused, the Director must stop that group from getting more covered grant money until they repay the misused amount, though relief can be allowed in rare cases. The Director must set up a modern automated system for grant information with the Office’s chief information officer. Up to 3 percent of yearly grant funds may be kept to pay for this Office’s work.