Reply #1: Lenkowsky - appointed by Bush, fostered accounting problems [View All]

http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/2629/2013472.html
from: Washington Post May 6, 2003, Page A19

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There's no allegation here of any kind of misconduct. There's only concern about making certain that it is as efficient and effective as it can possibly be."

Asked about rumors circulating at the agency and on Capitol Hill that his job is on the line, Lenkowsky, who was appointed by President Bush, said: "I don't think it is. I've not heard anything from the White House to that effect. . . . Nobody goes to work in government forever, but I am at my job because I believe very strongly in the value of what we're doing here."

Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.), chairman of the Senate appropriations subcommittee that oversees AmeriCorps, said: "We are cautiously optimistic that the corporation has finally gotten our message that these management problems are unacceptable and must be fully addressed in order to ensure that its programs are serving the interests of the communities, volunteers and the taxpayers."

Officials have routinely figured that some who sign up won't complete their service or, even if they do, won't seek an education grant, which does not have to be claimed for seven years.
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