Sen. Nelson questions IHS mismanagement
Friday, July 25, 2008
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Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) is blaming the
Indian Health Service for forcing tribes into "financial disarray" while failing to keep track of its own spending.
Nelson said the IHS forced the Omaha Tribe to accept a $800,000 cut in funding for in the upcoming year. Yet the
Government Accountability Office found that the agency has lost $15.8 million in property and wasted millions more on unused equipment.
"I cannot help but notice how an agency can so carelessly spend federal dollars with one hand while simultaneously forcing a tribe into financial disarray with the other," Nelson said in a letter.
The
Senate Indian Affairs
Committee is holding a hearing next Thursday, July 31, to address the GAO report.
Get the Story:
Press Release: OMAHA TRIBE FACES CUTS TO VITAL HEALTH SERVICES
(Sen. Nelson 7/24)
Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT
HEARING on Indian Health Service Management: Lost Property, Wasteful Spending
and Document Fabrication (July 31, 2008)
GAO Report:
IHS Mismanagement Led
to Millions of Dollars in Lost or Stolen Property |
Summary
Related Stories:
Senate sets hearing on IHS mismanagement
(7/23)
GAO Report: IHS lost
$15.8M in property (7/22)
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