[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78001-78002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28446]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Notice of Designation of Inspector General as a Debarring 
Official for Limited Purposes

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to a directive included in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act of 2004 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 
2005, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (CNCS) has designated the Inspector General of CNCS 
as a debarring official for grantees that administer activities under 
AmeriCorps programs.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irshad Abdal-Haqq, Associate General 
Counsel, Office of General Counsel, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC, 20525, (202) 606-5000 Ext. 434 ([email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corporation has designated its Inspector 
General as a debarring official pursuant to the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act of 2004 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 
2005, which state, ``[t]he Inspector General of the

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Corporation for National and Community Service shall conduct random 
audits of the grantees that administer activities under the AmeriCorps 
programs and shall levy sanctions in accordance with standard Inspector 
General audit resolution procedures which include, but are not limited 
to, debarment of any grantee (or successor in interest or any entity 
with substantially the same person or persons in control) that has been 
determined to have committed any substantial violations of the 
requirements of the AmeriCorps programs, including any grantee that has 
been determined to have violated the prohibition of using Federal funds 
to lobby the Congress: Provided, That the Inspector General shall 
obtain reimbursements in the amount of any misused funds from any 
grantee that has been determined to have committed any substantial 
violations of the requirements of the AmeriCorps programs.''
    The Inspector General is now a debarring official for grantees that 
administer activities under AmeriCorps programs. This authority applies 
to AmeriCorps grantees that have been the subject of an Office of 
Inspector General (OIG) audit, or the subject of an audit and 
investigation. The Inspector General intends to exercise this authority 
with respect to the subject of any audit report issued on or after 
January 23, 2004, the date the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004 
became effective. In processing debarment actions, the Inspector 
General will follow the procedures in the Corporation's debarment and 
suspension regulation, codified in 45 CFR 2542.
    The following programs may trigger OIG debarment authority:
     Any program that receives Corporation funds under Section 
121 (Subtitle C State/National) of the NCSA (includes the following 
recipients of AmeriCorps funding: States, subdivisions of States, 
Indian tribes, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher 
education).
     Any program that receives approved AmeriCorps positions 
(includes Education Awards Program, AmeriCorps Promise Fellows, and 
AmeriCorps VISTA).
     Any program that receives Planning, Operational, and 
Replication funding authorized under Section 124 of the NCSA.
    The following programs will not trigger OIG debarment authority:
     Domestic Volunteer Service Act funded programs other than 
AmeriCorps VISTA (including Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, 
Special Volunteer Program, Foster Grandparent Program, and Senior 
Companion Program).
     Learn & Serve America.
     State Commission Administrative Program Assistance.
     Challenge, Next Generation, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 
Points of Light Foundation, America's Promise, and other earmarked 
programs outside of AmeriCorps.
     Training & Technical Assistance.
     Program Development Assistance & Training (PDAT).
     Disability Outreach and Placement.
    If a grantee administers multiple programs, only the AmeriCorps 
programs trigger OIG debarment authority.

    Dated: December 22, 2004.
Frank R. Trinity,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 04-28446 Filed 12-28-04; 8:45 am]
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