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Bureau of Indian Affairs - Operation and Maintenance of Irrigation Projects

The program operates, maintains and collects revenue for 16 authorized irrigation projects. It also provides technical assistance to Tribes on another 100 subsistence type irrigation projects built in the early 1900s that the U.S. no longer has a statutory obligation to operate, maintain or rehabilitate.

Rating

What This Rating Means

NOT PERFORMING
Results Not Demonstrated

A rating of Results Not Demonstrated (RND) indicates that a program has not been able to develop acceptable performance goals or collect data to determine whether it is performing.
  • The program has not resolved audit deficiencies identified by the General Accountability Office's in the mid 1990s -- developing project budgets and assessment rates based on full cost of operation, maintenance and replacement. The program is also addres
  • The program lacks an inventory of facility conditions that identify how good or bad the facilities are so corrective actions can be taken. In addition, the program lacks measures of performance, and timely collection of performance information to make informed management decisions.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Addressing and correcting the outstanding General Accountability Office's audit deficiences.
  • Compiling an inventory of facility conditions on the 16 specificially authorized irrigation projects.
  • Developing meaningful performance measurements to guide informed management and budgetary decisions, such as, conditions of the irrigation systems and funding needs.

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