The financial books for President Clinton's pet project to help young people earn college money through community service are in such disorder they could not be audited, officials say.
The head of the Corporation for National Service, which oversees AmeriCorps, acknowledged Wednesday he was concerned by the shoddy record keeping."There were a number of specific recommendations that (were) made to make the corporation's statements auditable and we take that very seriously," said Harris Wofford, a former senator from Pennsylvania appointed by Clinton to oversee the program.
Last year, a study by Congress found that AmeriCorps' cost per participant was nearly $27,000 instead of the $18,000 promised by the president. Wofford has agreed to a series of cost-cutting steps.