State of Missouri Single Audit Corrective Action Plan Year Ended June 30, 2024 State Agency: Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development Audit Finding Number: 2024-017 – DHEWD FFATA Reporting Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Elizabeth (Liz) Roberts Anticipat...
State of Missouri Single Audit Corrective Action Plan Year Ended June 30, 2024 State Agency: Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development Audit Finding Number: 2024-017 – DHEWD FFATA Reporting Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Elizabeth (Liz) Roberts Anticipated completion date for corrective action: January 1, 2025 Corrective action planned is as follows: In response to the auditor’s report finding, we dedicated a team of staff to review our subaward files for the date range in question. Staff compared our subawards from that time to federal reporting system data and reported any subawards that were missing. We will continue to monitor these historical files for their reported status as we encounter them through the course of our current normal business activities. We have strengthened internal controls related to FFATA reporting for the WIOA cluster, and our new federal award reporting and monitoring process is outlined below: On the fifteenth day of every month following the subaward execution month, staff utilize a spreadsheet populated with subaward data the previous month to enter subaward information for that month into the federal reporting system. After the subawards have been reported in the system, the full subaward report data and their submission receipts (proof of submission) are saved to internal electronic files. Each file now features a descriptive file name to which allows for an easily searchable, historical record. • Files are organized by FY and report month • Each month now includes a spreadsheet of the awards reported • Each report is now categorized by grant, and reports with multiple subawards per grant now contain a cover page with table of contents summarizing the subaward report data included on the subsequent pages with any changes indicated in red • Each file now contains Auditor notes where necessary, indicated in red After the reports are submitted, staff now sends the reports and spreadsheet summary for each month to a supervisor to review, who compares them with each executed subaward notification email sent to the executed subaward notification group in the previous month. The supervisor responds with monitoring results (e.g. missing, incorrect, complete). Reports are adjusted as necessary based on this review. The supervisor’s emailed approval response is saved to the file. DHEWD will provide proper FFATA reporting training to staff. The process outlined above will evolve slightly since, as of March 8, 2025, FSRS.gov has transitioned to SAM.gov. SAM.gov features enhancements that support improved reporting accuracy, such as auto-checking for previously reported subawards to avoid duplication.