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Olympic Games: Federal Government Provides Significant Funding and Support

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 8, 2000
Report No. GGD-00-183
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Summary:

The federal government provides significant funding and support for the Olympic Games when they are held in the United States. Twenty-four federal agencies provided nearly $2 billion--in 1999 dollars--for the 1984 and 1996 Summer Olympic Games and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. However, no governmentwide law or policy exists that defines the federal government's overall role in funding and supporting the Olympic Games that are hosted in the United States. Nor is there a single federal agency that oversees and monitors the federal funding and support provided for the Olympic Games. Federal agencies have helped support the Olympic Games in response to requests for federal assistance from state and local governments and Olympic organizing committees. Federal assistance is provided because these entities have not had enough resources to provide for the infrastructure improvements necessary to prepare the host city or to plan and stage all aspects of the Olympic Games when hosted in the United States.

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