Information on Selected Legal Services Activities in North Carolina

GAO reviewed the Legal Services of North Carolina, Inc. (LSNC) and one of its subgrantees, Eastern Carolina Legal Services, Inc. (ECLS) to determine: (1) whether the services favored class-action litigation; (2) the reasonableness of the subgrantee's costs; (3) the reasonableness of the purchase and renovation of an office building; (4) the costs of operating LSNC as a central intermediary for 15 legal services; (5) the legality of the use of Federal funds to support lobbying activities; and (6) other miscellaneous issues.