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GAO-05-146R 1 (2004-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqpo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 November 23, 2004 The Honorable Orin G. Hatch Chairman The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. Chairman The Honorable John Conyers Jr. Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: The Protecting Seniors from Fraud Act: Status of the Triad Program The Protecting Seniors from Fraud Act of 2000 directed the Comptroller General to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Triad program by April 4, 2005.' The program, sponsored at the national level by the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA), provides advice, training, and technical assistance to community- based crime prevention programs for senior citizens but does not fund them. These community-based groups typically are partnerships among local law enforcement officials, seniors, and sometimes other community members to develop and expand crime prevention programs for seniors in their communities. NSA has sponsored the Triad program with funds provided by various Department of Justice (DOJ) grants.2 The act's provisions included support for the Triad senior fraud prevention program, the dissemination of information to states to raise awareness about the dangers of telemarketing and sweepstakes fraud, and mandates to study crimes against seniors and to collect statistics on crimes disproportionately affecting seniors. With regard to our report, the act specified that it include an analysis of the Triad program and activities, identify impediments to establishing community-based Triad groups across the nation, and make recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the Triad 'The Protecting Seniors from Fraud Act was passed by Congress on November 22, 2000, as P.L. 106-534 (2000). Section 3 of the act required that the Comptroller General submit a report to Congress 180 days prior to the expiration of the authorization under the act (i.e., the end of fiscal year 2005 or September 30, 2005), which we calculate to be April 4, 2005. 2NSA is a nonprofit national organization of law enforcement and criminal justice professionals, including sheriffs and their deputies, and chiefs of police. NSA's goal is to raise the level of professionalism among those in the criminal justice field. GAO-05-146R Triad Program

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