Corrective Action Plans

Finding 404811 (2023-004)

Material Weakness 2023

SD

Special Tests & Provisions Subrecipient Monitoring Cash Management § 200.303

Federal Agency Name: Department of Agriculture Program Name: Communities Facilities Loans and Grants Cluster Federal Financial Assistance Listing #10.766 Finding Summary: Management maintained the reserve amount in the cash sweep general fund account which was not established as a separate bookkeep...

Federal Agency Name: Department of Agriculture Program Name: Communities Facilities Loans and Grants Cluster Federal Financial Assistance Listing #10.766 Finding Summary: Management maintained the reserve amount in the cash sweep general fund account which was not established as a separate bookkeeping account or as a separate bank account. The Hospital had excess cash available to cover the required reserve amount. Responsible Individuals: Renae Karst, Chief Financial Officer Corrective Action Plan: Management will establish a separate bookkeeping account in the general ledger to establish the correct reserve amount of cash within its general operating bank account. The reserve account will be part of total cash in the bank to maximize interest earned on the reserve balance. Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2024

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Finding 404801 (2023-007)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Baltimore County, Maryland

MD

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting Significant Deficiency § 200.303 § 200.332 § 200.501

COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds– Assistance Listing No. 21.027 Recommendation: The County should review and enhance internal controls and procedures to ensure that evaluation of independent audits is performed. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no d...

COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds– Assistance Listing No. 21.027 Recommendation: The County should review and enhance internal controls and procedures to ensure that evaluation of independent audits is performed. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The Division of Grants Management requires annual reports from all SLFRF subrecipients. We will be requesting a copy of all annual audits from the subrecipients for the most recent completed year. The accountant team will review audit reports for any findings of note. We recognize that some subrecipients will not have their most recent audit completed and will allow those who need extra time to submit their audits by the fall. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Ashley Meyer Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 6/30/2024

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Finding 404800 (2023-006)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Baltimore County, Maryland

MD

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303 § 200.430

COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance – Assistance Listing No. 21.023 Recommendation: The County should reevaluate its current process, implement proper controls, and perform additional training over time and effort reporting. The County should not seek federal reimbursement unless it can substantia...

COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance – Assistance Listing No. 21.023 Recommendation: The County should reevaluate its current process, implement proper controls, and perform additional training over time and effort reporting. The County should not seek federal reimbursement unless it can substantiate that the time and effort was dedicated to the federal program. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: DHCD follows Baltimore County’s general payroll policies and procedures. DHCD allocates time and attendance based on a preset budgeted formula and monitors the staff’s time and attendance through biweekly timesheet prepared by the staff members and approved by unit managers and the review of payroll register. Baltimore County migrated to Workday system which has more robust features and capabilities to capture time and attendance. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Amir Assadi Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 7/1/2024

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Finding 404799 (2023-004)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Baltimore County, Maryland

MD

Questioned Costs Reporting Significant Deficiency § 200.303

COVID-19 – Emergency Rental Assistance – Assistance Listing No. 21.023 Recommendation: We recommend that management review their policies and make revisions where necessary to ensure that documentation is maintained to support amounts reported by the County in their quarterly grant reporting. We al...

COVID-19 – Emergency Rental Assistance – Assistance Listing No. 21.023 Recommendation: We recommend that management review their policies and make revisions where necessary to ensure that documentation is maintained to support amounts reported by the County in their quarterly grant reporting. We also recommend that management review their policies and procedures and make changes necessary to ensure reports are filed timely. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: The one instance when the County submitted its quarterly report after the due date occurred due to a technical problem with submission. The Treasury data system would not accept the County’s report on the due date. The County sent Treasury an email alerting them to the problem as soon as it was determined that the County was unable to submit. Once the issue was resolved, the County submitted a few days later with no adverse impact to the County or its use of federal ERA funding. As per the concern that audit staff could not verify key line items in the submitted quarterly report, the County completed all required line items in the reports, however, the Treasury report downloads with multiple blank items in report cells. The County cannot control this deficiency in the Treasury downloads. If any submitted report were incomplete, Treasury would have returned the incomplete report to a local jurisdiction for missing elements. No referenced reports were returned to the County for completion, thereby demonstrating that all reports were complete at the time of submission. The problem relates solely to the downloaded report from the Treasury website. Neither the County nor the audit staff were able to determine a workaround for the incomplete Treasury report downloads. Action taken in response to finding: No additional action is needed because the one late quarterly reporting problem was resolved and the report was uploaded as soon as the technical glitch was resolved. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Colleen Mahoney Planned completion date for corrective action plan: Already Completed

View Audit 311187 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 404789 (2023-005)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Baltimore County, Maryland

MD

Questioned Costs Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303 § 200.430

CDBG Entitlement Grant Cluster – Assistance Listing No. 14.218 Recommendation: The County should reevaluate its current process, implement proper controls, and perform additional training over time and effort reporting. The County should not seek federal reimbursement unless it can substantiate tha...

CDBG Entitlement Grant Cluster – Assistance Listing No. 14.218 Recommendation: The County should reevaluate its current process, implement proper controls, and perform additional training over time and effort reporting. The County should not seek federal reimbursement unless it can substantiate that the time and effort was dedicated to the federal program. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: DHCD follows Baltimore County’s general payroll policies and procedures. DHCD allocates time and attendance based on a preset budgeted formula and monitors the staff’s time and attendance through biweekly timesheet prepared by the staff members and approved by unit managers and the review of payroll register. Baltimore County migrated to Workday system which has more robust features and capabilities to capture time and attendance. . Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Amir Assadi Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 7/1/2024

View Audit 311187 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 404765 (2023-001)

Material Weakness 2023

Troy City Board of Education

AL

Questioned Costs Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Special Tests & Provisions § 200.303 § 200.326

Item 2023-001 Special Tests and Provisions – Wage Rate Requirements Recommendation: We recommend the strengthening of controls to ensure the prevailing wage rate clauses are included in the contracts and that certified payrolls are received for each week in which construction work is performed. A...

Item 2023-001 Special Tests and Provisions – Wage Rate Requirements Recommendation: We recommend the strengthening of controls to ensure the prevailing wage rate clauses are included in the contracts and that certified payrolls are received for each week in which construction work is performed. Action Taken: The Board will strengthen the controls in place to provide assurance that proper prevailing wage rate clauses are added to construction contracts and certified payrolls are received from each week in which construction work is performed. Tricia Norman, CSFO, will be responsible for the corrective action plan and anticipates completion of corrective action will be taken before September 30, 2024.

View Audit 311161 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 404760 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency 2023

City of Daytona Beach, Florida

FL

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment § 200.303

2023-002 SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT Recommendation: The City should evaluate its current procedures for ensuring that vendors are eligible to participate in federally-funded projects prior to signing contracts or issuing purchase orders to those vendors. Changes to procedures should be implemented, ...

2023-002 SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT Recommendation: The City should evaluate its current procedures for ensuring that vendors are eligible to participate in federally-funded projects prior to signing contracts or issuing purchase orders to those vendors. Changes to procedures should be implemented, as necessary, to improve controls over compliance. Additionally, a process for periodic follow-up verification should be performed no less than annually. Management’s Response: The City will set up the following controls to monitor and ensure compliance with Sam.gov requirements on an ongoing basis. • The City’s procurement process for federally funded projects will include an item on the Vendor Questionnaire where vendors can upload their Sam.gov proof at the time of their bid submission. • The City’s Purchasing staff will review all bid submissions against Sam.gov and provide screenshots of when the information was checked. These screenshots will be saved in the bid file. Any vendor that does not show an active Sam.gov status will be rejected as non-responsive. • Any new vendor that is intended for use on a federally funded project will also be checked at the time of vendor entry into the City’s financial software by Finance. A copy of this Sam.gov check will be included with the vendor file. • Current vendors will be checked for Sam.gov compliance on an annual basis. The annual checks will be screenshot and uploaded into the vendor files. Vendor files will be updated accordingly with the date of the Sam.gov check by Finance. The annual compliance check will become part of the end-of-fiscal year closeout process. • Current vendors working on federally funded projects will also be checked for Sam.gov compliance at the time of any change order, amendment, or contract adjustment that is requested. Responsible Parties: Kristen Turner, Financial Business Analyst and Holly Prevatt, Purchasing Agent Anticipated Completion Date: December 31, 2024

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Finding 404759 (2023-001)

Significant Deficiency 2023

City of Daytona Beach, Florida

FL

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Cash Management Reporting § 200.303

2023-001 GRANT REPORTING Recommendation: The City should review and revise, as needed, its current control structure over grant reporting to ensure that all required reports are independently reviewed prior to being submitted to the grantor. This should include review of reports prepared by any th...

2023-001 GRANT REPORTING Recommendation: The City should review and revise, as needed, its current control structure over grant reporting to ensure that all required reports are independently reviewed prior to being submitted to the grantor. This should include review of reports prepared by any third party consultants. Management’s Response: The City will update its control process to incorporate procedures to ensure that reviews of reports prepared by third party consultants are subject to independent review by City personnel prior to the reports being remitted to the grantor and that such reviews will be documented. Responsible Parties: Natalia Eckroth, CFO and Christine Aiken, Assistance Finance Director Anticipated Completion Date: December 31, 2024

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Finding 404749 (2023-003)

Significant Deficiency 2023

National Disability Rights Network, Inc.

DC

Reporting § 200.303 § 200.508 § 200.510

Views of Responsible Officials: NDRN’s finance staff turnover, coupled with the staff’s lack of formal training with NDRN’s accounting system, resulted in a lack of knowledge on how to prepare the actual schedule. However, it did not affect the staff’s ability to properly identify and categorize exp...

Views of Responsible Officials: NDRN’s finance staff turnover, coupled with the staff’s lack of formal training with NDRN’s accounting system, resulted in a lack of knowledge on how to prepare the actual schedule. However, it did not affect the staff’s ability to properly identify and categorize expenditures for invoicing purposes to the Federal government. Moving forward, NDRN finance fiscal staff will conduct regular internal SEFA reporting as part of the monthly reporting indicated in Finding 2023-002 above.

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Finding 404698 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Ke Ola Mamo

HI

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Reporting § 200.303

Ref No. 2023-002 SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCYI It was noted one instance out of forty that the employee timesheet did not agree with the payroll register. The hours on the timesheet were 45, while the hours on the payroll register were 48 hours. This resulted in an overcharge of $159 to the program. I...

Ref No. 2023-002 SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCYI It was noted one instance out of forty that the employee timesheet did not agree with the payroll register. The hours on the timesheet were 45, while the hours on the payroll register were 48 hours. This resulted in an overcharge of $159 to the program. It was also noted one out of seventy-one timesheets were not approved by the supervisor. Recommendation: Ke Ola Mamo should exercise greater care in reviewing timesheets and data entered into the payroll system to ensure that only allowable costs are charged to the program. Action Taken: Ke Ola Mamo was in the process of implementing an on-line payroll processing system during Fiscal Year 2023. The implementation was completed during Fiscal Year 2023. This process minimizes potential clerical errors as employees input the hours they work directly into the on-line payroll system, with employees’ supervisors and the Human Resources Specialist approving prior to the payroll being processed.

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Finding 404424 (2023-001)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Primary Care Medical Services of Poinciana, Inc.

FL

Subrecipient Monitoring Special Tests & Provisions Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303

MANAGEMENT’S CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN Finding Number: 2023-001 Planned Corrective Action: We concur with the finding. We will continue with retaining documentation of sliding scale determination electronically. The CFO will continue to monitor whether the record retention policy is being followed. In ...

MANAGEMENT’S CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN Finding Number: 2023-001 Planned Corrective Action: We concur with the finding. We will continue with retaining documentation of sliding scale determination electronically. The CFO will continue to monitor whether the record retention policy is being followed. In regard to the finding, we had usual turnover in the department during the year which resulted in procedures not being followed precisely. We have since hired new employees and have provided additional training to prevent similar documentation errors from occurring. In additional, we have instituted a monitoring process to ensure that all policies and procedures are followed without exception. Anticipated Completion Date: On-going Responsible Contact Person: Cynthia Diaz, Chief Financial Officer

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Finding 404251 (2023-001)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Central Texas Senior Ministry

TX

Cash Management Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

Management has established and implemented written procedures to ensure future compliance. Management will increase the detail of the review process over the tracking of meals, including both the financial function and those with direct knowledge and supervision of the services being performed. Mana...

Management has established and implemented written procedures to ensure future compliance. Management will increase the detail of the review process over the tracking of meals, including both the financial function and those with direct knowledge and supervision of the services being performed. Management will also offer additional training for program staff.

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Finding 404223 (2023-005)

Material Weakness 2023

Atrium Health, Inc.

NC

Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303

Corrective Action Plan: Atrium Health CMHA management will ensure that all GLBA requirements over the Information Security Program are both documented completely and inclusive in scope of both general CMHA IT systems as well as IT systems specific to the SFA program. Proposed Completion Date: ...

Corrective Action Plan: Atrium Health CMHA management will ensure that all GLBA requirements over the Information Security Program are both documented completely and inclusive in scope of both general CMHA IT systems as well as IT systems specific to the SFA program. Proposed Completion Date: Management will complete the corrective action plan by the end of 2024.

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Finding 404222 (2023-004)

Material Weakness 2023

Atrium Health, Inc.

NC

Student Financial Aid Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303

Corrective Action Plan: Atrium Health CMHA management will address the current year finding either through system modifications to allow for electronic saving of the applicable notifications or by implementing a manual process to retain them. Proposed Completion Date: Management will complete...

Corrective Action Plan: Atrium Health CMHA management will address the current year finding either through system modifications to allow for electronic saving of the applicable notifications or by implementing a manual process to retain them. Proposed Completion Date: Management will complete the corrective action plan by October 2024.

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Finding 404157 (2023-003)

Material Weakness 2023

City of Jacksonville

FL

Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.212 § 200.303 § 200.318 § 200.332 § 200.514

Action Plan: Upon learning of this finding during the FY2022 audit, we worked with our external consultant, our Council auditors and our external auditor to reperform and review the base year and subsequent year calculations of revenue, using financial information in our final audit reports. These...

Action Plan: Upon learning of this finding during the FY2022 audit, we worked with our external consultant, our Council auditors and our external auditor to reperform and review the base year and subsequent year calculations of revenue, using financial information in our final audit reports. These corrected calculations of lost revenue have been clearly documented and will be reported going forward. We will continue to work to ensure that all controls for grants be documented with written procedures. The procedures will include the title of the positions responsible for each control (preparation, review, reconciliation, etc.) and will require that the performance of the controls be documented in a clear, reperformable manner including the name of each responsible individual, the specific control they performed over compliance for the grant and the date(s) the controls were performed. Contact Names responsible for the plan – Marcia Saulo Anticipated completion date of the plan – September 30, 2024

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Finding 404156 (2023-002)

Material Weakness 2023

City of Jacksonville

FL

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Special Tests & Provisions Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303 § 200.330

Action Plan: Upon learning of this finding during the FY2022 audit, we worked with the Neighborhoods Department to ensure wage rate requirement compliance was prioritized going forward. Considering this finding was presented near the completion of the FY2023 year, we expect this finding to be resolv...

Action Plan: Upon learning of this finding during the FY2022 audit, we worked with the Neighborhoods Department to ensure wage rate requirement compliance was prioritized going forward. Considering this finding was presented near the completion of the FY2023 year, we expect this finding to be resolved in FY2024. We will continue to work with our departments to ensure that all controls for grants are documented with written procedures. The procedures will include the title of the positions responsible for each control (preparation, review, reconciliation, etc.) and will require that the performance of the controls be documented in a clear, reperformable manner including the name of each responsible individual, the specific control they performed over compliance for the grant and the date(s) the controls were performed. Contact Names responsible for the plan – Marcia Saulo Anticipated completion date of the plan – September 30, 2024

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Finding 404102 (2023-001)

Material Weakness 2023

City of Groveland, Florida

FL

HUD Housing Programs Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303

The City agrees with the recommendation to strengthen internal controls over grant reporting processes. To enhance accountability and accuracy, grant reports authored by the designated grant recipient, who is the City employee tasked with managing the grant activity, will now undergo a review by som...

The City agrees with the recommendation to strengthen internal controls over grant reporting processes. To enhance accountability and accuracy, grant reports authored by the designated grant recipient, who is the City employee tasked with managing the grant activity, will now undergo a review by someone else in the City independent of the report preparation. This review will focus on ensuring the reports are complete, accurate, and fully compliant with all stipulated grant requirements.

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Finding 404101 (2023-001)

Significant Deficiency 2023

City of Butler

PA

Questioned Costs Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303

Federal Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development Pass Through Agency: Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Program: Community Development Block Grants/ State's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii (CDBG), ALN 14.228 Criteria: In accordance with 2 CFR Pa...

Federal Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development Pass Through Agency: Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Program: Community Development Block Grants/ State's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii (CDBG), ALN 14.228 Criteria: In accordance with 2 CFR Part 200.303, a non-Federal entity must establish and maintain effective internal control over Federal awards that provide reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. Condition: The City did not have a process in place to obtain invoices or other supporting documentation from the subrecipient to ensure that the CDBG funding was spent on activities allowed and allowable costs prior to reimbursing the subrecipient. Subsequent to making the 2023 payments to the subrecipient, the City obtained the invoices for review. Cause: The City did not have procedures in place to ensure that the CDBG invoices to support payments to the subrecipient were obtained and reviewed. Effect: The lack of internal control processes to review supporting documentation to ensure compliance with federal requirements prior to payments being made to subrecipients could result in unallowable costs to occur and not be detected prior to payment of funding to the subrecipient. Questioned costs: Unknown Recommendation: We recommend that the City obtains invoice support for all reimbursement requests from the subrecipient prior to payment. These requests should be reviewed for allowable activities and allowable costs by an individual knowledgeable of the program requirements prior to approving for payment. This review should be documented. View of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: Mayor and City Clerk will be responsible for corrective action. The City will obtain invoice support for all reimbursement requests from the subrecipient PRIOR to payment. These requests will be reviewed for allowable activities and allowable costs by the Mayor of the City of Butler prior to payment. This review (invoices) will be documented and saved in a file on the clerk's computer. Trigger for the mayor to review invoices will be the email from DCED requesting signatures from the Mayor and the City Clerk. The procedures for reviewing all payment requests shall begin July, 2024 and shall be ongoing.

View Audit 310881 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 404039 (2023-002)

Material Weakness 2023

National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

GA

Questioned Costs Cash Management Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303 § 200.403 § 200.405

Finding 2023-002: Overdrawn Federal Funding Condition The auditors identified duplicated federal award expenditures amounting to $380,644, resulting in overdrawn federal funds by $380,644. The excess cash on hand was not returned to the funding source in a timely manner. Correction action: NACDD has...

Finding 2023-002: Overdrawn Federal Funding Condition The auditors identified duplicated federal award expenditures amounting to $380,644, resulting in overdrawn federal funds by $380,644. The excess cash on hand was not returned to the funding source in a timely manner. Correction action: NACDD has experienced drastic change in size over the past 3-4 years. Current policies and procedures have not been adequate for the size and volume of the transactions experienced in FY 23. In addition, there has been significant finance/accounting staff turnover including leadership of the Finance team. +The impact of this deficiency was isolated to one cooperative agreement which closed out as of 9.30.23. NACDD performed efficient and effective subsequent disbursement procedures after year end to ensure that expenses for this grant and others were recorded in the appropriate fiscal year. In the process of preparing the FFR and researching further additional expenditures related to this grant, expenses included in the initial subsequent disbursement adjustments, related to this grant were duplicated. +The Correction action plan includes previously implemented augmentation of the Finance staff. Since the end of the FY 23 fiscal year, the finance department has been fully staffed with knowledgeable accounting professionals, many who have financial federal grant experience. There is now a financial analyst on staff whose main responsibility is to reconcile and record federal grant expenditures and receivables. This process is done monthly. We believe that this additional procedure will eliminate the recurrence of this and any other like issues. Procedures related to the weekly PMS drawdown have been expanded to include reconciling the accounts receivable by grant with the PMS accounts to allow only amounts listed in PMS which are supported with appropriate expenditures to be drawn. +Implementation of corrective measures: The above expanded procedures and oversight have been in effect for most of the FY 24 fiscal year. PMS drawdowns are now done weekly with worksheets that tie in detail to the weekly expenditures. In addition, a control checklist will be created and utilized by the Finance staff leadership to monitor and document the successful implementation of corrective measures. + Additional over-arching controls – The Finance team will execute an interim audit process inhouse as of 6.30.24 and every year going forward to further identify errors and irregularities that may exist. If necessary, additional policies and procedures will be implemented to provide greater scope and assurance in preventing financial reporting errors. Responsible Person Trish H. Strong, CFO Anticipated completion date June 30, 2024

View Audit 310859 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 404007 (2023-003)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council Inc.

WI

Reporting Subrecipient Monitoring Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

Corrective Actions Taken or Planned: Create procedures by type of required reporting by grantor, as necessary. The procedure will include what and how the required report will be completed, who will and/or should review the required report, including signature for proof, and when the required report...

Corrective Actions Taken or Planned: Create procedures by type of required reporting by grantor, as necessary. The procedure will include what and how the required report will be completed, who will and/or should review the required report, including signature for proof, and when the required report should be completed. Procedures will be added to the accounting department procedures and shared with staff as necessary. Contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Gina Brown, CFO Anticipated Completion Date: September 2024

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Finding 403884 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Daleville City Board of Education

AL

Questioned Costs Equipment & Real Property Management Procurement, Suspension & Debarment § 200.303 § 200.313 § 200.439

Item 2023-002- Equipment and Real Property Management Recommendation: 2 CFR 200.303 requires the non-Federal entity to "(a) establish and maintain effective internal controls over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non Federal entity is managing the Federal statutes, reg...

Item 2023-002- Equipment and Real Property Management Recommendation: 2 CFR 200.303 requires the non-Federal entity to "(a) establish and maintain effective internal controls over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non Federal entity is managing the Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award." 2 CFR 200.313 and 2 CFR 200.439 requires that the following rules of allow ability must apply to equipment and other capital expenditures "Capital expenditures for special purpose equipment are allowable as direct costs, provided that items with a unit cost of $5,000 or more have the prior written approval of the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity. The Chief School Financial Officer, Jessica Pettway, should review documentation for proper approval of equipment and real property prior to encumbrance. Action Taken: Management has reviewed the requirements of 2 CFR Section 200.13 and CFR 200.439 relating to capital expenditures and agrees with the recommendation. Effective July 1, 2024, the Chief School Financial Officer, Jessica Pettway, will review for proper approval of equipment and real property prior to encumbrance.

View Audit 310758 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 403882 (2023-001)

Material Weakness 2023

Daleville City Board of Education

AL

Questioned Costs Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Special Tests & Provisions § 200.303 § 200.326

Item 2023-001- Special Tests and Provisions - Wage Rate Requirements Recommendation: 2 CFR 200.303 requires the non-Federal entity to "(a) establish and maintain effective internal controls over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non- Federal entity is managing the Federa...

Item 2023-001- Special Tests and Provisions - Wage Rate Requirements Recommendation: 2 CFR 200.303 requires the non-Federal entity to "(a) establish and maintain effective internal controls over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non- Federal entity is managing the Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award." 2 CFR 200.326 and 29 CFR Part 5, Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Governing Federally Financed and Assisted Construction (DOL Regulations) require the contractor or subcontractor to submit to the nonfederal entity weekly, for each week in which any contract work is performed, a copy of the payroll and a statement of compliance (certified payrolls). We recommend the strengthening of controls to ensure the prevailing wage rate clauses are included in the contracts and that certified payrolls are received for each week in which construction work is performed. The Chief School Financial Officer, Jessica Pettway, should review documentation for inclusion of the prevailing wage rate clauses in construction contracts as part of the bid process prior to expenditures being made. She should also review all invoices received from contractors and subcontractors to ensure that the certified payroll information is received for all weeks for which construction work is performed. Action Taken: Management has reviewed the requirements of 2 CFR Section 200.303 and 2 CFR 200.326 relating to wage rate requirements and agrees with the recommendation. Management has already communicated with all contractors and subcontractors regarding the wage rate requirements and has implemented additional procedures, effective July 1, 2023, stating that the Chief School Financial Officer, Jessica Pettway, will review documentation for inclusion of the prevailing wage rate clauses in construction contracts as part of the bid process prior to expenditures being made. She will also review all invoices received from contractors and subcontractors to ensure that the certified payroll information is received for all weeks for which construction work is performed.

View Audit 310758 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 403861 (2023-001)

Material Weakness 2023

Washington County, Fl

FL

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303

Item 2023‐001 – Suspension & Debarment Contact person: Johnnie Pettis, Deputy Clerk Finding – Adequate controls were not in place to provide for proper review of covered transactions for suspension and debarment. Covered transactions, over $25,000 paid with grant funding were not reviewed for susp...

Item 2023‐001 – Suspension & Debarment Contact person: Johnnie Pettis, Deputy Clerk Finding – Adequate controls were not in place to provide for proper review of covered transactions for suspension and debarment. Covered transactions, over $25,000 paid with grant funding were not reviewed for suspension and debarment. Management Response – The County will implement additional controls to ensure there is evidence of review of covered transactions over $25,000 for suspension and debarment prior to payment. Johnnie Pettis, Deputy Clerk will be responsible for the corrective action and anticipates completion of corrective action will be taken before September 30, 2024. Effective date of completion: within the fiscal ending September 30, 2024

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Finding 403813 (2023-004)

Significant Deficiency 2023

Institute for Sustainable Communities, Affiliate and Subsidiary

VT

Cash Management Period of Performance Significant Deficiency § 200.303

Management agrees with the recommendations. We are revising our Award Management policies to ensure the closeout procedures are clear and comply with this recommendation. We will ensure that all relevant teams are part of the closeout planning process to ensure expenses are planned for and allocated...

Management agrees with the recommendations. We are revising our Award Management policies to ensure the closeout procedures are clear and comply with this recommendation. We will ensure that all relevant teams are part of the closeout planning process to ensure expenses are planned for and allocated correctly within the period of performance. We also established a Grants Compliance Team that will be responsible for the compliance oversight of awards from inception to closeout.

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Finding 403703 (2023-003)

Material Weakness 2023

City of Opp, Al

AL

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303 § 200.328

Item 2023‐003 Performance Reporting – Annual Project and Expenditure Report Recommendation: We recommend the strengthening of controls to ensure annual reporting required under the compliance supplement is performed in a timely manner. Action Taken: Management, namely Jan Boutwell, City Clerk, agree...

Item 2023‐003 Performance Reporting – Annual Project and Expenditure Report Recommendation: We recommend the strengthening of controls to ensure annual reporting required under the compliance supplement is performed in a timely manner. Action Taken: Management, namely Jan Boutwell, City Clerk, agrees with the finding and will implement the necessary internal controls to ensure annual reporting is submitted timely. Management anticipates completion by September 30, 2024.

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