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Abbreviation
AmeriCorps
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AmeriCorps
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What to Report to the OIG Hotline

If you know about waste, fraud, abuse, misconduct, mismanagement, or whistleblower reprisal relating to a AmeriCorps employee, program, operation, grant or contract, you may report it to the AmeriCorps OIG Hotline. AmeriCorps OIG has jurisdiction over disclosures involving AmeriCorps employees, programs, operations, grants, and contracts, including these AmeriCorps programs:

  • AmeriCorps State and National
  • AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America)
  • AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps)
  • FEMA Corps
  • Senior Corps (Foster Grandparent, Senior Companion, and RSVP)

CNCS-OIG also has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of whistleblower retaliation involving:

  • Employees of AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps grantees, subgrantees, contractors and subcontractors.

Examples of matters to be reported to AmeriCorps OIG:

  • Any suspected criminal activity or violations of law, such as:
    • Any other misconduct in connection with operations, programs, activities, contracts, subcontracts, grants or subgrants;
    • Mismanagement, abuse of authority or other misconduct by any AmeriCorps personnel.
What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline

The following matters are NOT generally investigated by AmeriCorps OIG:

  • 911 emergencies
  • EEO Complaints (For such matters, please refer to the AmeriCorps Equal Employment Opportunity Office)
Hotline Page
https://www.americorpsoig.gov/hotline
Whistleblower Protection Page
https://www.americorpsoig.gov/whistleblower-protection

Audit of AmeriCorps’ Fiscal Year 2022 National Service Trust Fund Financial Statements

2023
OIG-AR-23-02
Audit
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

The National Service Trust holds the funds set aside to pay the education awards of national service members who successfully complete their service terms. Responsibility for the education awards that have been earned or will be earned in the near future is the largest liability on AmeriCorps’...

Audit of AmeriCorps’ Fiscal Year 2022 Consolidated Financial Statements

2023
OIG-AR-23-01
Audit
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps has been unable to produce auditable financial statements for the last six years. This year, independent auditors again issued a disclaimer of opinion, reporting 12 material weaknesses and two significant deficiencies. Ten of the material weaknesses are recurring, four of them since FY...

AmeriCorps Required a Grantee to Issue Guidance Regarding Appropriate Member Activities and Updated Its Requirements for the Use of Official Email Accounts by Contractors Following an AmeriCorps OIG Investigation

2022
Investigation
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps’ Penetration Testing and Phishing Campaign Evaluation

2022
Inspection / Evaluation
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps’ security program has not been effective in accordance with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) since Fiscal Year 2017. In order to determine its current status, AmeriCorps OIG engaged an independent certified public accounting firm to conduct an internal penetration test...

Office of Inspector General Assessment of AmeriCorps' Financial Statement Audit and Cybersecurity Corrective Action Plans

2022
OIG-SR-22-05
Review
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

Since Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, AmeriCorps has not obtained an audit opinion on its financial statements. In FY 2021, independent auditors found nine material weaknesses and one significant deficiency, resulting in a total of 73 recommendations. In addition, each of AmeriCorps Office of Inspector...

Performance Audit of AmeriCorps’ Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) for Fiscal Year 2021

2022
OIG-AR-22-04
Audit
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

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, estimate the improper payments rates in...

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