A. Objectives. The goal of this reform is to deliver on the President's directives to (1) streamline our guidance for Federal awards to ease administrative burden and (2) strengthen oversight over Federal funds to reduce risks of waste, fraud, and abuse.
Rising population growth can lessen our quality of life because it: 1  destroys resources, such as water and forests, needed to sustain us. 2  slows the dynamics of a healthy economy. 3  decreases the level of biodiversity upon which we depend.  read 1  article. learn more.  get 1  involved. educator resources.
In this situation, population growth led to increases in pollution sourcesand decreases in open space and in available wetlands, which filter water.However, the increase in population also led to stronger environmentallaws, more efficient uses of resources and public services like sewage treat-ment plants.