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.
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)
University of San Francisco Agrees to Pay over $2.5M for Alleged False Claims in Its Administration of AmeriCorps Grants
Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020
The Corporation for National and Community Service, Office of Inspector General (CNCS-OIG) presents its Spring 2020 Semiannual Report, covering the six-month period of October 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020.
University of San Francisco Agrees to Pay over $2.5M for Alleged False Claims in Its Administration of AmeriCorps Grants
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.
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...
Senior Corps Grantee Employee Debarred for Forgery of Criminal History Checks and Non-Compliant Criminal History Checks Results in Disallowed Costs
CNCS Elects Not to Require Grantees to Review Sub-grantee Budgets with Multiple Awards to Prevent Overbudgeting and Overlapping Costs. CNCS Disallowed Funds for Excess Living Allowances Paid to AmeriCorps Members
FISCAL YEAR 2019 FEDERAL INFORMATION SECURITY MODERNIZATION ACT EVALUATION OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
The information security program of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) has been assessed as not effective with little progress over the past three years. While security training remains an area of strength at CNCS, performance in this area is outweighed by the substantial...