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Audit slams D.C.’s HIV/AIDS grant program

dcogcadmin | September 2, 2011

An audit of the District's $10 million grant program for HIV/AIDS residential services has verified serious flaws in the city's oversight of the dollars it doled out.

The Department of Health's HIV/AIDS administration's poor monitoring allowed at least one grant recipient to receive reimbursements for an employee who didn't exist, among other issues.

An audit of the District's $10 million grant program for HIV/AIDS residential services has verified serious flaws in the city's oversight of the dollars it doled out.

The Department of Health's HIV/AIDS administration's poor monitoring allowed at least one grant recipient to receive reimbursements for an employee who didn't exist, among other issues.

Many of the woes that have plagued the office occurred under former director Debra Rowe. The FBI has previously said it was investigating accusations of health care fraud that allegedly happened during Rowe's watch, although the U.S. Attorney's office declined to say on Tuesday whether the investigation remained open. Rowe now works for a company – run by a former drug kingpin – that she funded as a city employee.

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