Meet the IG
Tom Yatsco was named by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Board of Directors as the new Inspector General beginning in April of 2023.
Staff Directory
Organizational Chart (PDF)
Inspector General
Tom Yatsco
202.295.1697
tyatsco@oig.lsc.gov
Assistant Inspector General for Audit
Roxanne Caruso
202.295.1582
rcaruso@oig.lsc.gov
Audit
Audit Help Line
202.295.1671
audits@oig.lsc.gov
Budget
The OIG is 100% federally funded through a separate budget line in the annual LSC Appropriation. These resources are necessary to provide independent auditing, investigative, and other oversight of LSC's programs and operations.
OIG Planning
Advanced planning generally directs the use of federally-funded resources in the achievement of the OIG mission at LSC. Planning starts from the highest strategic level and is annually supplemented by annual work plan for the Office. However, as much of our work is driven by current issues and program initiatives, on-going risk assessments as well as requests from stakeholders, all plans maintain operational flexibility.
LSC Management Challenges
The OIG has independently identified the following as areas that we consider to be serious management and performance challenges facing the Corporation. The OIG uses its ongoing risk assessments to identify and monitor high risk areas and guide future OIG work planning.[1] These areas are also among those commonly identified by the Government Accountability Office and other OIGs in the annual Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Report to the President.
LSC Challenge Areas:
Governance
Corporate Governance is a system of controls encompassing policies, processes, and people which support corporate direction and successful operational performance. Effective governance and risk management processes help ensure the financial and organizational health of an organization. At the Legal Services Corporation, corporate governance is set at the top by the Board of Directors and the LSC management team.
Federal IG Resources
Core Values
OIG’s efforts are guided by five core values that we believe are critical to fulfilling our responsibilities, adding maximum value, and operating as a leading oversight organization that advances the fundamental principle of mission first, people always:
OIG Overview
The LSC Office of Inspector General operates under the Inspector General Act. In 1988, Congress amended the IG Act and required LSC and about 30 other small, federally funded entities to establish independent Offices of Inspector General.