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Finding 2024-004 – Case Requirements (Significant Deficiency and Non-compliance)
Information on the Federal Program: Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field Grant, Disaster
Project Grant, Disaster Grant Incurred Cost, and Technology Innovation Grant - FAL # 9.601037
Criteria: 45 CFR 1644 requires for each case filed in court by its attorneys on behalf of a recipient
client, recipients disclose the name and address of each party in the case, cause of action, name
and address of the court where the case is filed, and the case number assigned by the court.
Condition/Context: During our testing of regulations, we examined 71 case files. Of the 71 case files
tested, none of the cases required disclosure. WA tested an additional 25 cases specifically for
section 1644; seven cases met the requirements for disclosure and two of those cases were not
properly disclosed to LSC.
Cause: The required case disclosure was omitted from the report to LSC.
Effect: The Organization did not properly disclose three cases.
Questioned Costs: None reported
Recommendation: We recommend the Organization strengthen its policies and procedures
surrounding the process of opening case files to ensure compliance with all required documentation
and disclosure requirements.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with this finding. See Management’s View
and Corrective Action Plan included at the end of the report.