Page 2 – Ms. Janel Luck
Direct Reply to HHS Action Official:
Linda Lewis
Regional Administrator, Region VII
Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
601 East 12th Street, Room 276
Kansas City, MO 64106-2817
Department of Health and Human Services
OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL
Daniel R. Levinson
Inspector General
July 2006
A-07-05-03069
REVIEW OF MISSOURI’S
UNDISTRIBUTABLE CHILD
SUPPORT COLLECTIONS
Office of Inspector General
http://oig.hhs.gov
The mission of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), as mandated by Public Law 95-452, as
amended, is to protect the integrity of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
programs, as well as the health and welfare of beneficiaries served by those programs. This
statutory mission is carried out through a nationwide network of audits, investigations, and
inspections conducted by the following operating components:
Office of Audit Services
The Office of Audit Services (OAS) provides all auditing services for HHS, either by conducting
audits with its own audit resources or by overseeing audit work done by others. Audits examine
the performance of HHS programs and/or its grantees and contractors in carrying out their
respective responsibilities and are intended to provide independent assessments of HHS programs
and operations. These assessments help reduce waste, abuse, and mismanagement and promote
economy and efficiency throughout HHS.
Office of Evaluation and Inspections
The Office of Evaluation and Inspections (OEI) conducts national evaluations to provide HHS,
Congress, and the public with timely, useful, and reliable information on significant issues.
Specifically, these evaluations focus on preventing fraud, waste, or abuse and promoting
economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in departmental programs. To promote impact, the
reports also present practical recommendations for improving program operati