DOJ Press Release: Hawaiian Non-Profit Executive Sentenced to 46 Months of Imprisonment for Embezzling Over $500,000 from AmeriCorps and for Agreeing to Receive a Bribe for Approving $845,000 in CARES Act Grants
Fiscal Year 2020 Performance Audit of AmeriCorps’ Internal Control Program and National Service Trust Liability Model
Beginning in FY 2017, independent auditors have been unable to render an opinion on the consolidated financial statements of AmeriCorps and the National Service Trust. The audits resulted in disclaimers of opinion and identified numerous material weaknesses that remained uncorrected. In lieu of...
PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF AMERICORPS’ COMPLIANCE WITH THE PAYMENT INTEGRITY INFORMATION ACT OF 2019 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020
In 2019, Congress enacted the Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) to update required reporting on agencies’ improper payments. PIIA requires agencies to review and identify programs and activities that may be susceptible to significant improper payments, to estimate the rate and amount of...
Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2020 - March 31, 2021
AmeriCorps, Office of Inspector General presents its Spring 2021 Semiannual Report, covering the six-month period of October 1, 2020 – March 31, 2021.
EVALUATION OF AMERICORPS GRANTS AWARDED TO THE MAINE COMMISSION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
The evaluation of AmeriCorps grants awarded to the Maine Commission for Community Service (the Commission) and one of its 14 subgrantees (LearningWorks) identified questioned Federal costs of $254,014, questioned match costs of $592,737, and compliance findings, covering the three years beginning...
DOJ Press Release: Hawaiian Non-Profit Executive Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Over $500,000 from AmeriCorps and Agreeing to Receive a Bribe for Administering CARES Act Grants
DOJ Press Release: Wife of Hawaiian Non-Profit Executive Pleads Guilty Conspiring to Embezzle from AmeriCorps
DOJ Press Release: U.S. Settles Dispute With East St. Louis School District 189 Over its AmeriCorps Program
Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Evaluation of the Corporation for National and Community Service
The information security program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, now called AmeriCorps, remains Not Effective and has shown little progress over the past four years. While AmeriCorps has demonstrated some improvement on configuration management, key areas of organization-wide...