Problem: What are unfunded mandates? a. Federal transfers with less stringent federal administrative conditions that provide recipients more flexibility over how to spend grant funds b. A process in which the national government places new administrative requirements on state and local governments c. Federal transfers formulated to limit recipients' discretion in the use of funds and subject them to strict administrative criteria d. Federal laws and regulations that impose obligations on state and local governments without fully compensating them for the administrative costs they incur