Oregon daily emerald., January 08, 1985, Page 3, Image 3

Audits expose misconduct I
By Michael Hosmar
Of the Emerald
Federal expenditures totaling
$46.8 million have been ques
tioned by the U.S. Department
of Education’s Office of Inspec
tor General because of the fin
dings in a series of audits con
ducted during a recent six
month period.
In a 46-page report presented
to Congress, Inspector General
James Thomas, Jr. disclosed
that investigations of alleged
criminal wrongdoing resulted
in 155 indictments and 71 con
victions. The investigations
resulted in $640,000 of assessed
fines and restitutions. The
audits and investigations began
in April of 1984 and ended five
months later, in September.
The Department of Education
has already asked contractors
and grantees to return more
than $31 million in unsup
ported or inadequate costs, ac
cording to a Department news
release. Three of the “most
significant examples of waste,
mismanagement and wrongdo
ing” disclosed by Thomas’
report are:
•An Office of Inspector
General audit of vocational
education funds in one state
agency showed that $55,000
was improperly charged, $1.6
Student groups form
information network
The Student University Af
fairs Board, Student University
Relations Council and ASUO
have created the Student Lxibby
Network, an outreach program
designed to increase students'
political power through the use
of computerized networking.
The program will provide a
way for students to receive in
formation on legislative activity
concerning higher education,
including financial aid, civil
rights, environmental and
women's issues, and higher
education funding.
Network members can then
coordinate letter-writing cam
paigns to target legislators and
members of Congress who sup
port students on such issues.
Students may join the Net
work by registering to vote and
then completing a simple ap
plication form obtainable
through the ASUO in Suite 4,
EMU or at the organization's
display table being held in the
EMU Ballroom during registra
tion today.
Voter registration forms are
also available at the Ballroom
table. For more information,
contact ASUO at 686-3724.
Upcoming legislative session
is topic of featured speakers
“Looking Ahead: the 1985 Legislature” is the topic of
three speakers who will be featured at the Lane Women's
Political Caucus meeting tonight at 7:30 at Jo Federigo’s
Restaurant.
Marcia Ohlemiller, a lobbyist for the Women’s Rights
Coalition, will discuss women's issues such as comparable
worth, reproductive rights and insurance discrimination.
State Reps. Larry Hill. D-Springfield, and Mary Burrows,
R-Eugene, will discuss their expectations for the upcoming
legislative session.
The event is free and open to the public. An optional din
ner begins at 6:30 p.m.
For ride sharing or information, call Deborah Romerein
at 345-0316.
It’s at Track Town.
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million was wrongly accounted
for, and $4.2 million in non
federal funds was inadequately
documented. The report recom
mended that the agency return
the $55,000 and either provide
documentation to account for
the $1.6 million or refund the
portion that can’t be supported.
•Another audit led to the
grand jury indictment of 21
members of an ‘‘extended fami
ly” on multiple counts of con
spiracy, student financial
assistance fraud, mail fraud and
fraudulent use of Social Securi
ty numbers.
•As a result of a joint
FBI/Inspector General in
vestigation, the president of a
business college, on behalf of
the institution, pled guilty to
eight counts of making false
statements in connection with
the misapplication of federal
student financal aid. The col
lege has already paid its
$75,000 fine and made a
prepayment of $200,000 to be
applied against the school’s
total liability to the Department
of Education. |
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