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Finding 2024-008 – Case Requirements (Significant Deficiency and Non-compliance)
Information on the Federal Program: Legal Services Corporation Basic Field Grant, Award No.
09.610020
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, 2 of the cases required disclosure. One case was not properly disclosed to LSC.
Cause: The required case disclosure was omitted from the report to LSC.
Effect: The Organization did not properly disclose one case.
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.