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State auditor: CCA needs written rules for grant oversight

The state auditor has published a new report casting light on a subject I've long thought deserved more scrutiny: Training grants made by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals as part of the court's administrative functions. On the Dallas News' Crime Blog, Diane Jennings says:The lengthy report is full of mind-numbing statistics, but one in particular jumps out: In 2008 a hefty portion of the money--about half--received by seven grant recipients went towards administrative expenditures, including salaries. The Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association spent a whopping 75 percent of their grant on administrative costs, while the Center for American and International Law spent only about 36 percent.The report notes that a 2001 study of nonprofit organizations spent an average of 16 percent of total expenditures on administrative costs and says the Court "is ultimately responsible" for determining what is reasonable...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 15, 2009 (boomark / email).