Monday, February 09, 2009
STATE HOUSE FRESHMEN DEMAND ANSWERS FROM SC DSS
Somehow we initially missed the post State House freshmen demand answers from SC DSS. However, readers may be interested to know that last year the South Carolina Legislature passed legislation requiring:
the Department of Social Services shall prepare a detailed report on the status of the Child Support Enforcement System. The report shall include, but not be limited to, actions currently being undertaken to become compliant with federal government requirements; the cost required to meet minimum federal guidelines; total funds spent so far on the system; the amount of fines assessed by the federal government associated with non-compliance; how much has been spent to satisfy actions taken by the state judicial system; and how much has been spent related to actions taken by any other entity which may have altered the amount required for meeting minimum federal guidelines. The report shall be submitted to the General Assembly by August 31st of the current fiscal year.
Note the last couple of paragraphs of SC DSS DIRECTOR SAYS SCAM VICTIMIZED ENTIRE STATE, in which we mention this Legislation. Again, we do not know whether DSS has complied with the Legislature's directive regarding providing updated information on the status of the computerized child support collection system. However, we do know that the Report is past due. And while it is a shame that Legislation had to be enacted to compel DSS to provide this information to the Legislature, the Report should now be available for everyone to review.
Labels: Institutional Mismanagement
