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Re:
 An Independent Governance Assessment of ACORN:The Path To Meaningful Reform
To:
 ACORN Leadership
From:
 Scott HarshbargerAmy Crafts
Date:
December 7, 2009
I.
 
SCOPE OF WORKProskauer was retained by the leadership of the Association of Community Organizationsfor Reform Now (“ACORN”) on September 21, 2009 to:
 
Conduct an independent inquiry into circumstances surrounding certain videos (the“videos”) filmed by two individuals in or around July 2009 at several ACORN officelocations;
 
Evaluate the management and governance reforms that ACORN’s new leadership (the“reform leadership”) has developed since June 2008 (when news surfaced of embezzlement by a relative of ACORN’s founder, Wade Rathke) and the effectiveness of ongoing efforts to implement those reforms; and
 
Propose short- and long-term recommendations regarding ACORN management,oversight and governance.II.
 
METHODOLOGYIn order to evaluate the management and governance challenges facing ACORN, wesought to maximize our understanding of the organization in the first six weeks of our inquiry,drawing upon an extensive document review, interviews with a broad range of people and our
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