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Under the OMB plan, only the 4350 remaining grants would be up for renewal, so that less money would be spent during the next two years...
Legislators and research lobbvists have claimed OMB circumvented Congressional intent...
...ruling, which was requested by the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education sub-committee on appropriations, found OMB broke the law because it did not have sufficient cause to extend the annual funding beyond the first year...
...Administration is consulting lawyers and may challenge the GAO findings, officials said. OMB spokesman Edwin Dale yesterday agreed that the tactics used to cut the funds were unorthodox, but added the department had "Serious legal doubts" about the GAO report which called for further investigation...
...official who said he opposed the OMB strategy called the ruling "highly debatable," saying the gray area of "bonafide need" for the unusual multi-year funding could be left to the courts to decide...