Audit 407756

Criteria: In accordance with the Division of Social Services Fiscal Manual, DSS employees should control physical access to the state network terminals or personal computers that are connected to the state mainframe. Condition: Upon surprise inspection, one unattended workstation of a DSS employee was logged onto the state network, without anyone attending the workstation. Effect: Unauthorized access to the state system could be obtained due to the unattended logged into the system throughout the DSS building. Cause: Lack of proper internal controls over data security. Questioned Costs: None. The finding represents an internal control issue; therefore, no questioned costs Recommendation: Require the County Data Processing Department to implement procedures to require logout of workstations where access to the state DSS system is granted. The control procedures should include random verification of logout in instances where offices are unattended. Name of Contact Person: Nathaneal Carver, Director of Information Technology Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The County agrees with this finding and will adhere to the Corrective Action Plan in this audit report.

Criteria: In accordance with Title 2 CFR 200.512(a)(1), Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance), auditees are required to submit the data collection form and the reporting package to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report or nine months after the end of the audit period. For any 2025 submissions with fiscal periods ending between January 1, 2025 and September 30, 2025, requirement 2 CFR 200.512(1) stating that single audits are due to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse 30 days after receipt of the auditor’s report(s), is waived. These audits will be considered on time if they are submitted within nine months after their fiscal period end date. Condition: The County’s data collection form and reporting package for the year ended June 30, 2025, were not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) within a timely manner. Context: This requirement applies to all auditees subject to the Single Audit Act. Effect: The County’s data collection form and reporting package were not submitted, as required under Title 2 CFR 200.512(a)(1), Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Cause: Due to a delay in the audit, the timing of the Uniform Guidance audit was delayed. The County did not submit the data collection form to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) on time. Identification of a Repeat Finding: This is a repeat finding from the immediate previous audit, 2024-004. Questioned Costs: None. The finding represents a reporting issue; therefore, no questioned costs are applicable. Recommendation: Measures should be taken to ensure the audit package and the data collection form are submitted within 30 days after receipt of the auditor’s report or nine months after the end of the fiscal year end date, whichever comes first. Name of Contact Person: Meagan O’Neal, Finance Director Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: Management concurs with the condition noted above. Please refer to the Corrective Action Plan of this report.