Thursday, June 13, 2013

After 20 years and billions of taxpayer dollars...

How is the AmeriCorps program doing? Well, the Government Accounting Office issued a report in 2010 criticizing AmeriCorps

for using performance measures that "do not demonstrate results" and are "poorly aligned" with stated goals. The GAO warned that the self-reported data from grant recipients was unverified and unreliable.

So, what did Congress do about this problem?

In 2012, Congress slashed the annual budget for the inspector general's office in half, to $4 million, forcing the layoff of half of its 10 auditors and most of the eight investigators

Read more here.

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