Audit 308643

FY End
2023-09-30
Total Expended
$32.64M
Findings
6
Programs
3
Year: 2023 Accepted: 2024-06-12

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
400606 2023-001 Significant Deficiency - B
400607 2023-001 Significant Deficiency - B
400608 2023-001 Significant Deficiency - B
977048 2023-001 Significant Deficiency - B
977049 2023-001 Significant Deficiency - B
977050 2023-001 Significant Deficiency - B

Contacts

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ZPUHZJCNFKN9 Scott Sanders Auditee
2029353228 Tricia L. Thomas Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Accounting Policies: See Attached De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Organization has elected not to use the 10% de minimus indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. Principles of Consolidation: The accompanying consolidated schedule of expenditures of federal awards include the accounts of The National Association of State Workforce Agencies and The Center for Employment Security Education and Research, Inc. (collectively referred to as “the Organization”). All significant intra-entity transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Title: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Accounting Policies: See Attached De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Organization has elected not to use the 10% de minimus indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. Basis of Accounting: Expenditures reported in the Schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in Uniform Guidance wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement.
Title: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Accounting Policies: See Attached De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Organization has elected not to use the 10% de minimus indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. Pass-through entity identifying numbers are presented where available.
Title: Basis of Presentation Accounting Policies: See Attached De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Organization has elected not to use the 10% de minimus indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The accompanying consolidated schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the Schedule) includes the federal grant award activity of The National Association of State Workforce Agencies and subsidiary (the Organization) under programs of the federal government for the year ended September 30, 2023. The information in this Schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Organization, it is not intended to and does not present the consolidated financial position, consolidated changes in net assets, or consolidated cash flows of the Organization.

Finding Details

Condition: During our audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) provided by management, we noted that portions of the supporting documentation provided for the SEFA did not appear to be accurate. Upon further investigation we learned that this support was pulled directly from the general ledger’s grant coding, which had errors that management had noted during the year as a result of an accounting software change, but never corrected in the general ledger, even though they properly reported the correct allowable expenditures by grant in their Federal grant funding draw requests. Therefore, the supporting documentation related to the SEFA which was provided for the audit had to be corrected to accurately reflect the total allowable expenditures per each Federal grant. Even though management identified the coding errors in the general ledger during the year they did not correct these errors in the general ledger, which was used to provide support for the SEFA. Therefore, we deem this to only be a significant deficiency in internal control over the preparation of the support of the SEFA, since this was isolated to the current year and a software upgrade. It should be noted that the total expenditures actually reported by Federal grant on the SEFA were accurate.
Condition: During our audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) provided by management, we noted that portions of the supporting documentation provided for the SEFA did not appear to be accurate. Upon further investigation we learned that this support was pulled directly from the general ledger’s grant coding, which had errors that management had noted during the year as a result of an accounting software change, but never corrected in the general ledger, even though they properly reported the correct allowable expenditures by grant in their Federal grant funding draw requests. Therefore, the supporting documentation related to the SEFA which was provided for the audit had to be corrected to accurately reflect the total allowable expenditures per each Federal grant. Even though management identified the coding errors in the general ledger during the year they did not correct these errors in the general ledger, which was used to provide support for the SEFA. Therefore, we deem this to only be a significant deficiency in internal control over the preparation of the support of the SEFA, since this was isolated to the current year and a software upgrade. It should be noted that the total expenditures actually reported by Federal grant on the SEFA were accurate.
Condition: During our audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) provided by management, we noted that portions of the supporting documentation provided for the SEFA did not appear to be accurate. Upon further investigation we learned that this support was pulled directly from the general ledger’s grant coding, which had errors that management had noted during the year as a result of an accounting software change, but never corrected in the general ledger, even though they properly reported the correct allowable expenditures by grant in their Federal grant funding draw requests. Therefore, the supporting documentation related to the SEFA which was provided for the audit had to be corrected to accurately reflect the total allowable expenditures per each Federal grant. Even though management identified the coding errors in the general ledger during the year they did not correct these errors in the general ledger, which was used to provide support for the SEFA. Therefore, we deem this to only be a significant deficiency in internal control over the preparation of the support of the SEFA, since this was isolated to the current year and a software upgrade. It should be noted that the total expenditures actually reported by Federal grant on the SEFA were accurate.
Condition: During our audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) provided by management, we noted that portions of the supporting documentation provided for the SEFA did not appear to be accurate. Upon further investigation we learned that this support was pulled directly from the general ledger’s grant coding, which had errors that management had noted during the year as a result of an accounting software change, but never corrected in the general ledger, even though they properly reported the correct allowable expenditures by grant in their Federal grant funding draw requests. Therefore, the supporting documentation related to the SEFA which was provided for the audit had to be corrected to accurately reflect the total allowable expenditures per each Federal grant. Even though management identified the coding errors in the general ledger during the year they did not correct these errors in the general ledger, which was used to provide support for the SEFA. Therefore, we deem this to only be a significant deficiency in internal control over the preparation of the support of the SEFA, since this was isolated to the current year and a software upgrade. It should be noted that the total expenditures actually reported by Federal grant on the SEFA were accurate.
Condition: During our audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) provided by management, we noted that portions of the supporting documentation provided for the SEFA did not appear to be accurate. Upon further investigation we learned that this support was pulled directly from the general ledger’s grant coding, which had errors that management had noted during the year as a result of an accounting software change, but never corrected in the general ledger, even though they properly reported the correct allowable expenditures by grant in their Federal grant funding draw requests. Therefore, the supporting documentation related to the SEFA which was provided for the audit had to be corrected to accurately reflect the total allowable expenditures per each Federal grant. Even though management identified the coding errors in the general ledger during the year they did not correct these errors in the general ledger, which was used to provide support for the SEFA. Therefore, we deem this to only be a significant deficiency in internal control over the preparation of the support of the SEFA, since this was isolated to the current year and a software upgrade. It should be noted that the total expenditures actually reported by Federal grant on the SEFA were accurate.
Condition: During our audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) provided by management, we noted that portions of the supporting documentation provided for the SEFA did not appear to be accurate. Upon further investigation we learned that this support was pulled directly from the general ledger’s grant coding, which had errors that management had noted during the year as a result of an accounting software change, but never corrected in the general ledger, even though they properly reported the correct allowable expenditures by grant in their Federal grant funding draw requests. Therefore, the supporting documentation related to the SEFA which was provided for the audit had to be corrected to accurately reflect the total allowable expenditures per each Federal grant. Even though management identified the coding errors in the general ledger during the year they did not correct these errors in the general ledger, which was used to provide support for the SEFA. Therefore, we deem this to only be a significant deficiency in internal control over the preparation of the support of the SEFA, since this was isolated to the current year and a software upgrade. It should be noted that the total expenditures actually reported by Federal grant on the SEFA were accurate.