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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

Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Evaluation of the Corporation for National and Community Service

2021
OIG-EV-21-03CNCS
Inspection / Evaluation
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

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...

Audit of the Corporation for National and Community Service Grants Awarded to Youthprise

2020
20-07
Audit
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

The audit of a CNCS Social Innovation Fund award to Youthprise and four of its six subgrantees (Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, MIGIZI Communications, Sauk-Rapids Rice, and Guadalupe Alternative Programs) identified questioned Federal costs of $626,099, questioned match costs of $990,137, and...

Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada Agrees to Pay Over $200K to Resolve Claims It Fraudulently Billed the United States for Community Service Grants

Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada Agrees to Pay Over $200K to Resolve Claims It Fraudulently Billed the United States for Community Service Grants
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date

Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada Agrees to Pay Over $200K to Resolve Claims It Fraudulently Billed the United States for Community Service Grants PHILADELPHIA and LAS VEGAS – United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, William M. McSwain, and United States Attorney for the,,,

University of San Francisco Agrees to Pay over $2.5M for Alleged False Claims in Its Administration of AmeriCorps Grants

University of San Francisco Agrees to Pay over $2.5M for Alleged False Claims in Its Administration of AmeriCorps Grants
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date

University of San Francisco Agrees to Pay over $2.5M for Alleged False Claims in Its Administration of AmeriCorps Grants SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The University of San Francisco (USF) has agreed to pay $2,561,727 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly presented false and,,,

Performance Audit of the Corporation for National and Community Service's Compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 for Fiscal Year 2019.

2020
20-04
Audit
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

Despite continuing work to improve its Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (IPERA) compliance program, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) did not meet three of the six IPERA compliance criteria, unchanged from FY 2018. Specifically, CNCS was unable to reliably...

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