Department of Public Instruction Finding: 2022-022 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: We agree with the finding. Currently, USDA and DOE sub-awards are reported after the obligation or sub-award has been approved by all parties according to the requirements establ...
Department of Public Instruction Finding: 2022-022 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: We agree with the finding. Currently, USDA and DOE sub-awards are reported after the obligation or sub-award has been approved by all parties according to the requirements established by FSRS?s website. The Block Award, or the federal award which reimburses for meals claimed, will be reported after the meals have been claimed in NDFoods and paid in Peoplesoft. NDDPI will report the payments already made for FY 2023 and will work with our NDIT programmers to allow us to create an auto-generated report from NDFoods that will upload into the FSRS website according to FSRS?s template. To enter expenditure data by month in FSRS, Awardees are encouraged to complete a template to upload the required data. Unfortunately, NDDPI is aware of an issue with this template caused by the need for a 4-digit extension number. The lack of 4-digit zip code extensions with our rural sub-recipients is responsible for throwing this error in the upload. To complete a successful upload, NDDPI will omit any sub-recipients missing the 4-digit zip code extension from the monthly data or template and add them to the report with a manual entry on the website. The Director of CN and the CN Technology Coordinator will work with NDIT to program the needed reports from NDFoods. The Administrative Officer and the Account/Budget Specialist from the Fiscal Management office will be responsible for completing the upload and entering any manual data. After we have a defined set of steps to follow, we will create a written process and edit as needed. Contact Person Linda Schloer, Director, Child Nutrition and Food Distribution Programs Scott Egge, Technology Coordinator, Child Nutrition Kim Vega, Administrative Officer III, Fiscal Management Leon Rauser, Account/Budget Specialist, Fiscal Management Anticipated Completion Date Begin manual process procedure, 04/01/2023, enter sub-recipient data monthly from October 2022 forward until an automated process can be obtained. Autogenerated process date is uncertain, NDDPI will work with NDIT to establish an automated process as soon as IT?s schedule allows and testing is completed.