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2024 –1 Segregation of Duties Name of contact person: Kim Wells, Finance Officer Corrective Action: The duties are separated as much as possible with limited staff and alternative controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements are not misstated. At this time,...
2024 –1 Segregation of Duties Name of contact person: Kim Wells, Finance Officer Corrective Action: The duties are separated as much as possible with limited staff and alternative controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements are not misstated. At this time, it would be cost prohibitive to add personnel just for segregation of duties. The Town recognizes that reasonable assurance takes into consideration that the cost of internal control should not exceed the benefits. The manager or designated alternate is control for most of the finance functions such as review of accounts payable and bank statements. The Mayor or Commissioner manually signs checks, so there is a second review before the checks are mailed. The Clerk mails the payable checks. The clerk prepares the deposits and deposits with bank and the Finance Officer records. Purchase card transactions for public works is entered by senior administrative assistant. The Board receives check register, cash balances and revenue and expenditure review on a monthly basis. The Town continues to review possible segregation of duties, if personnel expertise allows. Proposed Completion Date: The Town has implemented the segregation of duties as much as possible without hiring additional personnel that is cost prohibitive at the moment. We have implemented review procedures with management that we believe would prevent any material misstatements of the financial statements. Since the manager is the designated control for finance functions, there is an alternate designated by the Manager.
Audit Finding Reference: 2024-001 Management’s Response and Planned Corrective Action: The District will ensure that any further retention bonuses be formally reviewed and approved by the School Board and Superintendent. Stipends for work performed are now included in a formal Letter of Agreeme...
Audit Finding Reference: 2024-001 Management’s Response and Planned Corrective Action: The District will ensure that any further retention bonuses be formally reviewed and approved by the School Board and Superintendent. Stipends for work performed are now included in a formal Letter of Agreement and signed by the employee and administrator. Name of Contact Person and Completion Date: Name: Kathryn Ducharme Anticipated Completion Date – July 1, 2024
View Audit 352406 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 553798 (2024-001)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Corrective Action Plan: The City of Healdsburg will no longer miss federal grant reporting deadlines due to the comprehensive grant tracker developed. This tool tracks both quarterly and annual submission dates for all grants, ensuring a clear overview of upcoming deadlines. Additionally, these crit...
Corrective Action Plan: The City of Healdsburg will no longer miss federal grant reporting deadlines due to the comprehensive grant tracker developed. This tool tracks both quarterly and annual submission dates for all grants, ensuring a clear overview of upcoming deadlines. Additionally, these critical dates have been added to the internal calendar, providing extra visibility and reminders to stay on top of all reporting requirements. This streamlined process will help ensure that all deadlines are met promptly and efficiently. Contact: Katie Edgar, Finance Director Estimated Implemented: FY24/25
Better Monitoring by Executive Director and Consideration of Different High Schools to serve students in lower income areas.
Better Monitoring by Executive Director and Consideration of Different High Schools to serve students in lower income areas.
Better Monitoring by Executive Director and Consideration of Different High Schools to serve students in lower income areas.
Better Monitoring by Executive Director and Consideration of Different High Schools to serve students in lower income areas.
Federal Agency Name: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Financial Assistance Listing Number: #14.134 Program Name: Mortgage Insurance Rental Housing Finding Summary: Testing of property, operations, and distributions detected the following: - Two instances of overpayment of fu...
Federal Agency Name: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Financial Assistance Listing Number: #14.134 Program Name: Mortgage Insurance Rental Housing Finding Summary: Testing of property, operations, and distributions detected the following: - Two instances of overpayment of funds based upon review of supporting invoices and calculations. - One instance where the review and approval for the disbursement of funds was not documented. Corrective Action Plan: The invoice approval form will include a note stating that, before completing a disbursement of funds, the request must include supporting documents and approvals. Responsible Individuals: Mary Morgan, Executive Director Anticipated Completion Date: April 2025
View Audit 352377 Questioned Costs: $1
Management Response and Corrective Action Plan 1. Automatic payments for recurrent utility services are covered by blanket approval to ensure timely remittances. Individual utility invoices are not individually approved but are reviewed by agency location by the Operations department during their mo...
Management Response and Corrective Action Plan 1. Automatic payments for recurrent utility services are covered by blanket approval to ensure timely remittances. Individual utility invoices are not individually approved but are reviewed by agency location by the Operations department during their monthly finance meeting. Management has elected this method as most efficient for the volume and timeliness required. Documentation of the review during the meetings will be kept as evidence of review of these expenses. 2. Management allocates payroll for exempt salaried employees on an hourly basis to fund sources based on the 80-hour period for which they are compensated. Any hours worked in excess of 80 hours by these employees are not compensated nor charged to fund sources. Exempt salaried employees have been directed to report only compensated time on timesheets. 3. We concur with this finding. Changes in pay rates for staff who perform multiple roles will be redefined to include all possibly affected program fund sources that staff may impact. Contact person(s) responsible for the corrective action: Lisa Brabo, Chief Executive Officer, lbrabo@fsacares.org Denise Cicourel, Chief Operating Officer, denise@fsacares.org Jaime Kuczkowski, Chief Financial Officer, jaime@balancefm.com Anticipated Completion Date: Education and documentation on the above have already started and will be completed by June 30, 2025.
Finding 553761 (2024-002)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Replacement Reserve Deposits Recommendation: We recommend that management develop procedures to ensurereplacement reserve deposits are updated timely to ensure compliance with the HUDregulatory agreement. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the auditfinding....
Replacement Reserve Deposits Recommendation: We recommend that management develop procedures to ensurereplacement reserve deposits are updated timely to ensure compliance with the HUDregulatory agreement. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the auditfinding. Action taken in response to finding: Management has made an additional deposit in 2025 and developed processes to verify replacement reserve deposits are updated based on the regulatory agreement annually. Name(s) of contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Theresa Bertram Planned completion date for corrective action plan: March 2025 If
View Audit 352352 Questioned Costs: $1
SEGREGATION OF DUTIES Name of Contact Person: Michael Opie Corrective Action: Big Horn County separates duties whenever possible. Proposed Completion Date: Ongoing.
SEGREGATION OF DUTIES Name of Contact Person: Michael Opie Corrective Action: Big Horn County separates duties whenever possible. Proposed Completion Date: Ongoing.
Finding 553700 (2024-001)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Finding 2024-001 Department of Housing and Urban Development Mortgage Insurance for the Purchase or Refinancing of Existing Multifamily Housing Projects - Section 223(f)/207, ALN 14.155. ...
Finding 2024-001 Department of Housing and Urban Development Mortgage Insurance for the Purchase or Refinancing of Existing Multifamily Housing Projects - Section 223(f)/207, ALN 14.155. Recommendation: The Property should have procedures in place to ensure the internal controls established to review Form HUD-50059 verifying all documentation used to calculate the tenant rent and assistance payment is supported and properly calculated. Action taken: The new property manager was informed of the finding. The error occurred prior to his management assignment. The new property manager, will ensure the internal controls established to review Form HUD-50059 verifying all documentation used to calculate the tenant rent and assistance payment is supported and properly calculated.
The Director of Finance created a new tracking spreadsheet to complete each month during the month-end process. This spreadsheet shows the monthly expenses for each grant and the total for the year. This allows us to monitor the grant funds closely. The information is shared with the board of dir...
The Director of Finance created a new tracking spreadsheet to complete each month during the month-end process. This spreadsheet shows the monthly expenses for each grant and the total for the year. This allows us to monitor the grant funds closely. The information is shared with the board of directors in their financial statement reports
Recommendation: This control deficiency is not unusual in a small company. However, it is the responsibility of management and the board of directors to decide whether to accept the degree of risk associated with this condition based on the cost of correction and other considerations. Management’s R...
Recommendation: This control deficiency is not unusual in a small company. However, it is the responsibility of management and the board of directors to decide whether to accept the degree of risk associated with this condition based on the cost of correction and other considerations. Management’s Response and Actions Planned: The Company’s management is aware of this significant deficiency. Management reviews and approves the draft annual audited financial statements and distributes them to the users. For entities of this size, it generally is not practical to obtain the internal expertise needed to handle all aspects of the external financial reporting. Management recognizes this and feels it is effectively handling its reporting responsibilities with the procedures described above.
Recommendation: While we recognize the Company’s office staff is not large enough to permit an adequate segregation of duties in all respects for an effective internal control structure, it is important that the Company be aware of this condition and look for opportunities to improve segregation of ...
Recommendation: While we recognize the Company’s office staff is not large enough to permit an adequate segregation of duties in all respects for an effective internal control structure, it is important that the Company be aware of this condition and look for opportunities to improve segregation of duties or add mitigating controls to prevent material misstatement of the financial statements. Management’s Response and Actions Planned: The Company’s management is aware of this condition and believes that it is not economically feasible to attain the ideal segregation of duties. Management attempts to mitigate the associated risks by doing the following: 1. Identifies areas where the lack of segregation of duties exists and where there are higher risks of errors or fraud occurring. 2. Implements limited segregation to the extent possible to reduce risks without impairing efficiency. 3. Uses the knowledge that management and the Board of Directors have of operations by having them review certain accounting records and reports. Monitors the effectiveness of the above actions and makes changes as considered appropriate.
Finding 553636 (2024-002)
Significant Deficiency 2024
SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY 2024-002 Crime Victim Assistance -Assistance Listing No. 16.575 Recommendation: The Organization should continue to apply its current procurement policy to new and existing vendors to ensure proper documentation is retained in accordance with said procurement policy and SA UG...
SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY 2024-002 Crime Victim Assistance -Assistance Listing No. 16.575 Recommendation: The Organization should continue to apply its current procurement policy to new and existing vendors to ensure proper documentation is retained in accordance with said procurement policy and SA UG. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Organization will apply its current procurement policy to new and existing vendors in order to comply with applicable procurement requirements. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Tracy Johnson, Director of Finance Planned completion date for corrective action plan: June 30, 2025
Finding 553616 (2024-001)
Significant Deficiency 2024
This letter is in response to finding 2024-001 Federal Awards2024-001 Preparation of the Financial Statements. We have separated duties to the largest extent as possible and have implemented compensating controls to monitor the accounting activities. Candace Machado Mayor Town of Evansville, Wyomin...
This letter is in response to finding 2024-001 Federal Awards2024-001 Preparation of the Financial Statements. We have separated duties to the largest extent as possible and have implemented compensating controls to monitor the accounting activities. Candace Machado Mayor Town of Evansville, Wyoming
The corrective action plan was documented in our response to the auditor’s comment. See the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs.
The corrective action plan was documented in our response to the auditor’s comment. See the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs.
Federal Award Finding Finding 2024-001 Federal Agency Name: Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistance Listing Number: Federal Financial Assistance Listing 14.195 Program Name: Section 8 Project-Based Cluster – Project Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) – Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment...
Federal Award Finding Finding 2024-001 Federal Agency Name: Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistance Listing Number: Federal Financial Assistance Listing 14.195 Program Name: Section 8 Project-Based Cluster – Project Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) – Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment Program Finding Summary: Material Weakness in internal control over compliance was found in relation to owner’s performance of housing quality inspections. Annual housing quality inspections did not occur at one of the properties operating under Section 8 during 2024. The cause was turnover at the property management level and incomplete monitoring controls. Corrective Action Plan: The Housing Company will enhance its inspection process to ensure annual inspections are completed and reported for all properties. The plan includes the following steps: 1. Regional Managers will collect inspection data and enter it into a centralized tracking system. 2. The Operations Manager and/or Director of The Housing Company will review the tracker semi-annually to verify completeness. 3. Any incomplete inspections will be promptly identified and addressed to maintain annual inspection compliance. 4. The centralized tracker will be stored in an easily accessible location for authorized personnel. 5. Follow-up actions will be taken to complete any outstanding inspections in a timely manner. Responsible Individual: Erin Anderson, Director Anticipated Completion Date: Immediately – March 27, 2025. Very truly yours, Erin Anderson Director The Housing Company
Finding 553586 (2024-002)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Name of contact person: Melissa Labra, Income Maintenance Administrator II Case workers will receive additional training on countable/non-countable resources. Workers will be reminded of the procedures and policies that should be followed at time of application and recertification processes. Superv...
Name of contact person: Melissa Labra, Income Maintenance Administrator II Case workers will receive additional training on countable/non-countable resources. Workers will be reminded of the procedures and policies that should be followed at time of application and recertification processes. Supervisors will conduct second party reviews on applications and recertification’s to determine that proper policies and procedures are being followed. Workers will be retrained on NCFAST evidence for resources to ensure procedures are being followed for evidence on dashboard to match the supporting documentation used as verifications. Supervisors will review cases to verify that evidence in NC FAST and supporting documentation match. Proposed Completion Date: January 31, 2026
View Audit 352178 Questioned Costs: $1
Management’s Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Director and Operations Manager abruptly left in spring of 2024 and the City contracted with Greater Portland Metro to run the service until we could determine next steps. The City Council approved joining Greater Portland Metro in September 2024, e...
Management’s Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Director and Operations Manager abruptly left in spring of 2024 and the City contracted with Greater Portland Metro to run the service until we could determine next steps. The City Council approved joining Greater Portland Metro in September 2024, effective January 2025. The City no longer has a bus service.
Management’s Views and Corrective Action Plan Management response to finding 2024-004: Review over cost transfers of subrecipient expenditures Cluster Name: Research and Development Federal Awarding Agency: Various Award Name: Various Award Number: Various Award Years: Various Assistance Listing T...
Management’s Views and Corrective Action Plan Management response to finding 2024-004: Review over cost transfers of subrecipient expenditures Cluster Name: Research and Development Federal Awarding Agency: Various Award Name: Various Award Number: Various Award Years: Various Assistance Listing Title: Various Assistance Listing Number: Various Pass-through entities: Various As described in Finding 2024-004, and as a result of improper training related to the implementation of the university’s new financial system in FY22, the university lacked adequate controls to identify the proper application of indirect costs as it relates to subrecipient expenses when using the cost transfer process to make corrections. Additionally, the university failed to properly apply its policy for the classification of subawards versus direct expenditures. As such, while cost transfers are a small percentage of overall transfer activity, an update to training materials will be made by June 2025 to educate cost transfer initiators on the proper method to use for this subset of subrecipient expenditures. Since February 2025, the Sponsor Projects Accounting (SPA) representative responsible for central office review of cost transfers now reviews to ensure that all intended grant related attributes are in effect before approving any subrecipient cost transfers. Additionally, as of February 2025, the university reinforced its policy regarding the classification of subawards versus direct expenditures with both the Procurement department and the SPA staff to ensure the proper expenditure classification is set up during the onboarding process of a contractor. The SPA team has completed its analysis and review of all previous subrecipient cost transfers to verify and correct the improper application of indirect cost limits and expenditure classifications. As of March 2025, all subrecipient cost transfer errors have been identified and corrected, resulting in questioned costs of approximately $587,000. Separately, this resulted in an under-recovery of $306,000 of indirect costs that were not charged to the original award. As all awards impacted are still open and active, the correcting expenditure adjustments were applied to the awards impacted that will affect future draw downs. Contact Person: Cindy Lee, Director, Sponsored Projects Accounting, cmlee@usc.edu
Finding 553481 (2024-003)
Significant Deficiency 2024
"Finding 2024-003 – U. S. Department of Education (USDE), TRIO Programs (significant deficiency): Information on the federal programs – Upward Bound, FAL No. 84.047A, June 30, 2024; Student Support Services, FAL No. 84.042A, June 30, 2024 Criteria – Federal regulations regarding program requirements...
"Finding 2024-003 – U. S. Department of Education (USDE), TRIO Programs (significant deficiency): Information on the federal programs – Upward Bound, FAL No. 84.047A, June 30, 2024; Student Support Services, FAL No. 84.042A, June 30, 2024 Criteria – Federal regulations regarding program requirements. 34-CFR 645.21 Condition – Non-compliances were noted as more fully described in the context below. Context – The College did not meet the two-thirds requirement for the Upward Bound Program. Per federal regulations, not less than two-thirds of the College's program participants will be lowincome individuals who are potential first-generation college students. Cause – Administrative oversight. Effect – The College’s participation in the Title III and TRIO Programs could be subject to USDE sanctions as applicable. Repeat Finding – Yes. Auditor’s Recommendation – We recommend the College monitor participation for the program to assure all requirements are met. View of Responsible Officials – Prior to the start of the Upward Bound FY2024 (September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025), there was communication between the Program Director and her USDOE Program Officer regarding the current number of participants being served and the number of low-income & first-generation participants (2/3 requirement) as of August 2024. The Program Director explained that recruitment continues to be a challenge stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic, constant changes/turnover in target school personnel, and low student engagement. The monthly plan to increase participant numbers was shared with and approved by the Program Officer. With this, a Continuation Award was granted on September 5, 2024, without any reduction in funds or stipulations to allow the Program to continue to operate and serve students. Program Staff continue to work hard to increase the number of participants, which directly impacts the 2/3 requirement. Please note that decreased student engagement is a nationwide issue in TRIO.
Finding 553472 (2024-014)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Name of Responsible Individual: Brenda Willis, Senior Executive Director of Financial Grants & Contracts Corrective Action: Due to the ongoing U S Department of Transportation investigation, the awarded grants cost share is on hold. Once the investigation is concluded, Howard University will meet t...
Name of Responsible Individual: Brenda Willis, Senior Executive Director of Financial Grants & Contracts Corrective Action: Due to the ongoing U S Department of Transportation investigation, the awarded grants cost share is on hold. Once the investigation is concluded, Howard University will meet the cost share obligations and requirements. Anticipated Completion Date: December 31, 2025
Name of Responsible Individual: Rawle Howard, Assistant Vice President, Procurement Corrective Action: Accounts Payable (AP) will create a Corrective Action plan to include the following. 1. The process to review Payment Request Forms (“PRFs”), used for payment to vendors that do not require the u...
Name of Responsible Individual: Rawle Howard, Assistant Vice President, Procurement Corrective Action: Accounts Payable (AP) will create a Corrective Action plan to include the following. 1. The process to review Payment Request Forms (“PRFs”), used for payment to vendors that do not require the use of a purchase order, will be improved by requiring the review of supporting documents to ensure expenses are allowable by the newly established Sponsored Program Office (SPO) post award team. This team will thoroughly review supporting documents to ensure expenses are allowable, allocable, and reasonable according to University policies and grant terms. PRFs will be reviewed by SPO and Grants and Contracts Accounting (GCA) and will serve as the key control point before transactions are forwarded to accounting to post to sponsored awards. 2. AP is working with Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) to modify the Workday Ad Hoc Business process to require additional review by PI, SPO, and GCA before payments can be issued. Each approval role will receive guidance regarding 3. AP will collaborate with SPO and GCA to issue communications and provide training to all PIs, SPO, GCA, and AP personnel. Anticipated Completion Date: December 31, 2025
View Audit 352153 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 553086 (2024-013)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Name of Responsible Individual: Marchon Jackson, Associate Vice President of Research; Jaquion Gholston, Assistant Vice President for Post-Award and UARC Operations; Rawle Howard, Assistant Vice President, Procurement Corrective Action: The process to review subrecipient invoices will be improved b...
Name of Responsible Individual: Marchon Jackson, Associate Vice President of Research; Jaquion Gholston, Assistant Vice President for Post-Award and UARC Operations; Rawle Howard, Assistant Vice President, Procurement Corrective Action: The process to review subrecipient invoices will be improved by requiring the review of supporting documents to ensure expenses are allowable by the Sponsored Program Office (SPO) post award team. This team will thoroughly review supporting documents to ensure expenses are allowable, allocable, reasonable and recorded in the proper period according to university policies and grant terms. Invoices will be reviewed by SPO and will serve as the key control point before transactions are forwarded to accounting to post to sponsored awards. Subrecipient invoices will be paid by Accounts Payable only after approval by SPO and GCA. The Director of Compliance will conduct spot checks on all sponsored transactional activity, especially for high-risk grants to provide an additional layer of oversight. The new review process and training for these responsibilities will be implemented by spring 2025 as part of the broader campus-wide workflow training and staffing up of the new SPO Post-Award office. Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2025
Finding 552703 (2024-012)
Significant Deficiency 2024
Name of Responsible Individual: Marchon Jackson, Associate Vice President for Research, Brenda Willis, Senior Executive Director of Financial Grants & Contracts, Jaquion Gholston, Assistant Vice President for Post-Award and UARC Operations Corrective Action: A new office is being developed to addres...
Name of Responsible Individual: Marchon Jackson, Associate Vice President for Research, Brenda Willis, Senior Executive Director of Financial Grants & Contracts, Jaquion Gholston, Assistant Vice President for Post-Award and UARC Operations Corrective Action: A new office is being developed to address the timeliness of the personnel payment request forms. In Phase I, CRAs will be assigned to high-volume research colleges to provide support for costing allocations. Phase 2 will encompass existing departmental administrators who will gradually transition into more centralized research workflows supported by CRAs. A shared services model for the remaining colleges is planned for FY26. Quarterly checklist and updates outlining cost allocation statuses will be completed with Deans and Associate Deans to determine the process needed to complete cost allocations timely. Anticipated Completion Date: July 1, 2025
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