Corrective Action Plans

Finding 30722 (2022-003)

Material Weakness 2022

IN

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment School Nutrition Programs § 200.303 § 200.318 § 200.320

Finding 2022-003 ? Child Nutrition Cluster - Procurement and Suspension and Debarment Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Scott Miller, Jill Pollard Contact Phone Number: 765-659-1339 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan...

Finding 2022-003 ? Child Nutrition Cluster - Procurement and Suspension and Debarment Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Scott Miller, Jill Pollard Contact Phone Number: 765-659-1339 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Finding 2022-003 Child Nutrition Cluster - Cafe will gather information and more bids and notate going forward. Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2023

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Finding 30719 (2022-011)

Material Weakness 2022

Civica Nevada

NV

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

Finding Number: 2022-011 ? Cash Management Corrective Action Plan: A process has been put in place for the school principal to review all RFRs prior to submission to the grantor. Approval is evidenced by email sent by principal to the Director of Grant Management, which is saved with the RFR as supp...

Finding Number: 2022-011 ? Cash Management Corrective Action Plan: A process has been put in place for the school principal to review all RFRs prior to submission to the grantor. Approval is evidenced by email sent by principal to the Director of Grant Management, which is saved with the RFR as support. Responsible Individuals: Nachum Golodner, Director of Accounting Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2023

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Finding 30718 (2022-010)

Material Weakness 2022

Civica Nevada

NV

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

Finding Number: 2022-010 ? Activities Allowed or Unallowed and Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Corrective Action Plan: A process has been put in place for the school principal to review all RFRs prior to submission to the grantor. Approval is evidenced by email sent by principal to the Director of G...

Finding Number: 2022-010 ? Activities Allowed or Unallowed and Allowable Costs/Cost Principles Corrective Action Plan: A process has been put in place for the school principal to review all RFRs prior to submission to the grantor. Approval is evidenced by email sent by principal to the Director of Grant Management, which is saved with the RFR as support. Responsible Individuals: Nachum Golodner, Director of Accounting Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2023

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Finding 30704 (2022-002)

Material Weakness 2022

Centerville-Abington Community Schools

IN

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment § 200.303 § 200.318 § 200.320

FINDING 2022-002 Information on the federal program: Subject: Special Education Cluster - Procurement Federal Agency: Department of Education Federal Program: Special Education Grants to States, Special Education Preschool Grants Assistance Listing Number: 84.027 and 84.173 Federal Award Numbers and...

FINDING 2022-002 Information on the federal program: Subject: Special Education Cluster - Procurement Federal Agency: Department of Education Federal Program: Special Education Grants to States, Special Education Preschool Grants Assistance Listing Number: 84.027 and 84.173 Federal Award Numbers and Years (or Other Identifying Numbers): 20611-068-PN01, 21611-068-PN01, 20619-068-PN01, 21619-068-PN01 Pass-Through Entity: Indiana Department of Education Compliance Requirement: Procurement and Suspension and Debarment Audit Finding: Material Weakness, Noncompliance, Qualified Opinion Condition: An effective internal control system was not in place at the School Corporation to ensure compliance with requirements related to the grant agreement and the Procurement and Suspension and Debarment compliance requirements. Context: For the audit period, there were two vendors that fell within the small purchases procurement threshold. Small purchases are those vendors that the School Corporation has purchased between $10,000 - $150,000 of products and goods. During the testing of Procurement and Suspension and Debarment, we noted one instance in a sample of one, where the School Corporation did not obtain price or rate quotations from other vendors or document the basis for purchasing from the vendor that was utilized. The amount disbursed to the vendor in fiscal year 2021 and 2022 was $32,638 and $39,945, respectively. In fiscal year 2022, the School Corporation stated they had obtained two quotes, but was not able to provide documentation supporting two quotes were obtained. The School Corporation was not able to provide verification that the vendor was not suspended or debarred. The lack of controls and noncompliance occurred throughout the audit period. Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The Director of Special Services will conduct the search for individuals to fill the specialized or high-need positions required. If the positions are not filled by employees of Centerville-Abington Community Schools (CACS) then a search for vendors providing the services is conducted. The Director of Special Services will obtain quotes from an adequate number of qualified sources, three if possible. The quotes will be submitted to the Superintendent of CACS for review, sign & dated and returned to the Director. The reviewed quotes will be maintained in each FY grant folder. The Director will also maintain a memo of the procedure for filling the specialized or high-need positions. The memo will also be reviewed by the Superintendent of CACS each year and maintained in each FY grant folder. If a vendor is selected to fill the positions the Director of Special Services will conduct the suspension & debarment search on each vendor contracted. The suspension & debarment search documents will be printed and sent to the Superintendent of CACS for review, sign & dated and returned to the Director. The reviewed suspension & debarment documents will be maintained in each FY grant folder. Copies of all of A District Accredited School Corporation Since 2007 the above described reviewed, signed & dated documents will be filed in each FY grant folder maintained by the Corporation Treasurer of CACS. Responsible Party and Timeline for Completion: The Director of Special Services will conduct the search for qualified individuals or vendors to fill the specialized or high-need positions as soon as the need is identified or as positions become open. If an individual is not hired as an employee of CACS then quotes will be obtained & a vendor will be contracted. If a vendor is contracted the Director of Special Services will conduct the suspension & debarment search within three business days of selecting the vendor. All required documents will be sent to the Superintendent within three business days of receipt of each document. The Superintendent will return reviewed, signed & dated documents to the Director within three business days. Copies will be provided to the Corporation Treasurer at the same time they are sent to the Director. These procedures will be implemented immediately.

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Finding 30701 (2022-003)

Material Weakness 2022

Centerville-Abington Community Schools

IN

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment School Nutrition Programs § 200.303 § 200.318 § 200.320

Information on the federal program: Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster - Procurement Federal Agency: Department of Agriculture Federal Program: School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program Assistance Listing Number: 10.553 and 10.555 Federal Award Numbers and Years (or Other Identifying Num...

Information on the federal program: Subject: Child Nutrition Cluster - Procurement Federal Agency: Department of Agriculture Federal Program: School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program Assistance Listing Number: 10.553 and 10.555 Federal Award Numbers and Years (or Other Identifying Numbers): FY2021, FY2022 Pass-Through Entity: Indiana Department of Education Compliance Requirement: Procurement and Suspension and Debarment Audit Finding: Material Weakness Condition: An effective internal control system was not in place at the School Corporation to ensure compliance with requirements related to the grant agreement and the Procurement and Suspension and Debarment compliance requirements. Context: For the audit period, there were four vendors that fell within the small purchases procurement threshold. Small purchases are those vendors that the School Corporation has purchased between $10,000 - $150,000 of products and goods. During the testing of Procurement and Suspension and Debarment, we noted one instance in a sample of one, where the School Corporation did not obtain three price or rate quotations from other vendors or document the basis for purchasing form the vendor that was utilized. The School Corporation compared the prices from the selected vendor to one vendor from their purchasing cooperative but did not obtain any additional quotes to meet the three-quote requirement for the small purchases procurement threshold. The lack of controls and noncompliance occurred throughout the audit period. Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: The Food Service Director (FSD) will obtain a minimum of three price or rate quotes for each vendor with expected purchases of $10,000 to $150,000 each school year. Those quotes may be from vendors within and/or outside of the purchasing cooperative. Those quotes will be sent to the Assistant Superintendent who will then present those quotes with a recommendation to the School Board at a meeting open to the public. The School Board will award the appropriate vendor with the purchase of goods for the school year. The discussion, vote and award will be noted in the minutes of the school board meeting. The Assistant Superintendent will notify the FSD of the school board?s decision via email with signed & dated quotes attached. The FSD will maintain copies of all quotes including the quotes that were not accepted in each school year folder. The FSD will send suspension & debarment documents to the Assistant Superintendent for review, signature and date within three business days of selection of the vendor. The Assistant Superintendent will return the suspension & debarment documents to the FSD within three business days of receipt of the documents. The FSD will maintain all reviewed, signed & dated documents in each school year folder. Responsible Party and Timeline for Completion: The corrective action plan will take effect immediately. All tasks will be completed before each new school year begins. The FSD is responsible to obtain three rate or price quotes. The FSD will conduct the suspension & debarment search. The FSD is responsible A District Accredited School Corporation Since 2007 to maintain the files for each school year. The FSD will send all required information to the Assistant Superintendent. The Assistant Superintendent will present and make recommendations to the School Board. The Assistant Superintendent will notify the FSD of the School Board?s decision. SUMMARY

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Finding 30681 (2022-004)

Material Weakness 2022

Saint Elizabeth Shelter Corporation, Inc.

NM

Questioned Costs Procurement, Suspension & Debarment § 200.303 § 200.320

Recommendation: We recommend that the procurement policy be updated to follow current procedures or train employees to ensure policies are followed. Action Taken: Management partially agrees with the finding. Multiple quotes were received for most expenditures. An exception, as was explained previo...

Recommendation: We recommend that the procurement policy be updated to follow current procedures or train employees to ensure policies are followed. Action Taken: Management partially agrees with the finding. Multiple quotes were received for most expenditures. An exception, as was explained previously, were items only available from a single source. Specifically, the mailboxes at SF Suites could only be refurbished by Wolfgrass. However, management does agree that the record-keeping of those quotes was not adequate and will update procedures to address this area of concern. All purchases over $10K will receive board approval. Due Date of Completion: Immediately Responsible Official: Katie Rodriguez, Accountant and Michael Bartlett, CFO

View Audit 25079 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 30680 (2022-003)

Material Weakness 2022

Saint Elizabeth Shelter Corporation, Inc.

NM

Equipment & Real Property Management § 200.303 § 200.313

Recommendation: We recommend the Entity enhance the design of its control activities and policies and procedures should be developed to ensure physical inventories are taken at least once every two years and that they create a tool to assist in tracking and maintaining equipment purchased with feder...

Recommendation: We recommend the Entity enhance the design of its control activities and policies and procedures should be developed to ensure physical inventories are taken at least once every two years and that they create a tool to assist in tracking and maintaining equipment purchased with federal funds. Action Taken: Management agrees with the finding. We need to create an Asset Policy manual that will address procedures for managing and recording equipment inventory. Property records must include a description of the property, program location, serial number or other identification number, source of funding for the property, who holds the title, the acquisition date, cost of property, percentage of federal participation in the project costs for the federal award under which the property was acquired, use and condition of the property as well as the ultimate disposition data including the date of disposal and sale price of the property. Physical inventory must occur at least every two years and be reconciled with the property records. The Asset Policy will also include a control system to ensure adequate safeguards to prevent loss, damage, and/or theft of the property as well as adequate maintenance procedures to keep the property in good condition. Any loss, damage and/or theft must be investigated. Proper sales procedures will also be included in the Asset Policy. Due Date of Completion: June 30, 2023 Responsible Official: Katie Rodriguez, Accountant and Michael Bartlett, CFO

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Finding 30628 (2022-013)

Material Weakness 2022

Charter County of Wayne, Michigan

MI

Questioned Costs Material Weakness Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303

Federal Program: ALN 21.023, Department of the Treasury, COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program Condition per Auditor: The County did not have adequate controls in place to ensure that payments to beneficiaries were calculated correctly. Planned Corrective Action: Management will implement a...

Federal Program: ALN 21.023, Department of the Treasury, COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program Condition per Auditor: The County did not have adequate controls in place to ensure that payments to beneficiaries were calculated correctly. Planned Corrective Action: Management will implement and follow a process of reviewing of consultant administered activity for accuracy by internal County representative. Anticipated Completion Date: 9/30/2024 Responsible Contact Person: Hassan Sheikh

View Audit 26048 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 30575 (2022-001)

None 2022

Wellesley College

MA

Student Financial Aid Reporting Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking § 200.303

Finding No.: 2022-001 ? Special Tests Federal Agency: Department of Education Pass-through Entity: Direct Federal Program: Student Financial Assistance Cluster - Federal Direct Loan Program, Federal Pell Grant Program CFDA Number: 84.268, 84.063 Federal Award Numbers: P268K201616, P063P191616 Federa...

Finding No.: 2022-001 ? Special Tests Federal Agency: Department of Education Pass-through Entity: Direct Federal Program: Student Financial Assistance Cluster - Federal Direct Loan Program, Federal Pell Grant Program CFDA Number: 84.268, 84.063 Federal Award Numbers: P268K201616, P063P191616 Federal Award Year: July 1, 2021 ? June 30, 2022 Compliance Requirement: Special Tests, Enrollment Reporting Condition The College generally certifies its enrollment reports through rosters provided to the NSC. Of the sixty (60) students with enrollment changes we selected for test work, we noted the following students whose changes in enrollment status were not timely transmitted to NSLDS. For six (6) students, the College was notified of the student?s status change and the change was not timely reported to NSLDS. The College did not report the status change until 75-88 days following notification of the change in status. View of College Officials The College recognizes the importance of both timely and accurate reporting related to student status changes with respect to federal requirements. The College has been actively working to implement changes in procedure to ensure compliance with federal regulations. Corrective Action The College has updated its reporting schedule to NSLDS to reporting on a monthly basis at a minimum. The College also a manual review procedure that will help to ensure all status changes are reported timely to NSLDS. Additionally, an interdepartmental working group convened to evaluate, test and implement improvements through automation. Due to limitations with the student information system (Workday), the College continues to engage with the software vendor and other users to evaluate possible improvements and efficiencies in an effort to minimize manual processing without introducing additional compliance risks.

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Finding 30513 (2022-004)

Material Weakness 2022

Anderson Community School Corporation

IN

School Nutrition Programs Cash Management Material Weakness § 200.303

Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Kelsi Hall Contact Phone Number: 765-641-2096 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Meal counts are gathered and printed off of NutriKids by the food service Bookkeeper and given to the Dire...

Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Kelsi Hall Contact Phone Number: 765-641-2096 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: Meal counts are gathered and printed off of NutriKids by the food service Bookkeeper and given to the Director. The Director reviews the information and enters the numbers in CNPweb for each school individually. Before submitting the claims, the Director cross references the combined totals from NutriKids with the totals on the CNPweb Sponsor Claims page to ensure they match. If they do not match, this would alert the Director if there were any typos or errors in CNPweb. The meal count papers are then returned to the Bookkeeper to double check that the numbers entered in CNPweb match the numbers that were printed off from NutriKids. Anticipated Completion Date: July 1, 2023

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Finding 30512 (2022-003)

Material Weakness 2022

Anderson Community School Corporation

IN

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment School Nutrition Programs Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Kelsi Hall Contact Phone Number: 765-641-2096 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: At the beginning of each calendar year, the Food Service Director will receive suspension and debarment st...

Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Kelsi Hall Contact Phone Number: 765-641-2096 Views of Responsible Official: We concur with the finding. Description of Corrective Action Plan: At the beginning of each calendar year, the Food Service Director will receive suspension and debarment statements for each applicable vendor that the food service department uses throughout the year. The Food Service Director will obtain suspension and debarment statements from new vendors as they are used. Statements verifying that the vendor is not suspended or debarred from federal awards will be initialed by two individuals within the food service department. A complete list of vendors checked for suspension and debarment will be kept in the Food Service Director's office for safekeeping. Anticipated Completion Date: July 1, 2023

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Finding 30393 (2022-021)

Significant Deficiency 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303 § 200.344

Finding: 2022-021 Department of Human Services Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Health and Human Services agrees with the recommendation. The Department will run reports from AWARE quarterly to identify any payments made from the system that were charged to the incorrect perio...

Finding: 2022-021 Department of Human Services Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Health and Human Services agrees with the recommendation. The Department will run reports from AWARE quarterly to identify any payments made from the system that were charged to the incorrect period of performance. Contact Person: April Haring, Program Accountant for Vocational Rehabilitation Anticipated Completion Date: The Department began running the report in December 2022.

View Audit 36677 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 30392 (2022-035)

Significant Deficiency 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Reporting Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303

Finding: 2022-035 OMB agrees with this finding. The expenditures referenced in this audit finding were incurred by agencies prior to the period in which the federal funds were included in the quarterly expenditure reports for the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. Because OMB is responsible for t...

Finding: 2022-035 OMB agrees with this finding. The expenditures referenced in this audit finding were incurred by agencies prior to the period in which the federal funds were included in the quarterly expenditure reports for the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. Because OMB is responsible for the state reporting under this program, it is necessary to maintain some level of control over these funds. Consequently, OMB manages the funds centrally and developed a process to reimburse agencies for their eligible expenditures once expenditures were incurred and agencies requested reimbursement. As a result, reimbursement from the state?s allocation of SLFRF moneys always occurs after the agency expenditure. Funds are included in the federal report for the period in which reimbursement from the SLFRF occurs. In some cases, this results in the agency expenditure occurring in a period prior to the period covered under the quarterly SLFRF report in which the reimbursement is reported. However, until reimbursement occurs, the expenditure is charged to a funding source other than SLFRF. All expenditures reimbursed through SLFRF are included in federal reports for the period in which the reimbursement occurred. The Office of Management and Budget does not feel a corrective action plan is necessary and plans to continue federal reporting based on the timing of reimbursed expenditures for the duration of the SLFRF reporting to ensure all expenditures of SFLRF funding are accurately included in reports covering the period of reimbursement. Contact Person: Joe Goplin, Director of State Financial Services Anticipated Completion Date: Not Applicable.

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Finding 30391 (2022-018)

Significant Deficiency 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Questioned Costs Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

Finding: 2022-018 Department of Human Services Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Human Services agrees with the recommendation. The Department will ensure rent changes are accurately reflected in Service Now and therefore the monthly amount is calculated accurately. If a paymen...

Finding: 2022-018 Department of Human Services Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Human Services agrees with the recommendation. The Department will ensure rent changes are accurately reflected in Service Now and therefore the monthly amount is calculated accurately. If a payment is issued in excess of what the household is eligible to receive, it is standard practice for DHS to request refunds or apply payments to future months of the renter?s direct rental obligation or direct utility assistance (as per the state?s program/policy manual). Contact Person: Nikki Aden, Director Housing Stability Anticipated Completion Date: Complete.

View Audit 36677 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 30375 (2022-006)

Significant Deficiency 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303 § 200.332

Finding: 2022-006 Department of Health Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Public Health Division of the Department of Health and Human Services (formerly Department of Health) agrees with the recommendation. Procedures will be developed in cooperation with the integrated Department of Health a...

Finding: 2022-006 Department of Health Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Public Health Division of the Department of Health and Human Services (formerly Department of Health) agrees with the recommendation. Procedures will be developed in cooperation with the integrated Department of Health and Human Services audit division to designate responsibility and processes for subrecipient monitoring activities during the award period. Contact Person: Karol Riedman, Assistant CFO and Amanda Westlake, Audit Manager Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2023

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Finding 30374 (2022-005)

Material Weakness 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Subrecipient Monitoring Eligibility Reporting § 200.303 § 200.332

Department of Health Finding: 2022-005 Department of Health Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Public Health Division of the Department of Health and Human Services (formerly Department of Health) agrees with the recommendation. Procedures and additional internal controls have been added to e...

Department of Health Finding: 2022-005 Department of Health Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Public Health Division of the Department of Health and Human Services (formerly Department of Health) agrees with the recommendation. Procedures and additional internal controls have been added to ensure all required award information is communicated to subrecipients, to the extent this information is available. Contact Person Karol Riedman, Assistant CFO Anticipated Completion Date Completed

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Finding 30364 (2022-025)

Significant Deficiency 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

Finding: 2022-025 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with this finding. The Department of Public Instruction is reviewing and rewriting ESSER I Equitable Services internal procedures to ensure that the records are retai...

Finding: 2022-025 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with this finding. The Department of Public Instruction is reviewing and rewriting ESSER I Equitable Services internal procedures to ensure that the records are retained in digital format. Contact Person Ann Ellefson, Academic Support Director Anticipated Completion Date This process will be completed by March 31, 2023.

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Finding 30323 (2022-026)

Significant Deficiency 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303

Finding: 2022-026 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with the Recommendation. The following additional review and approval has been implemented. ? All ESSER I awards issued with discretionary funds as well as all a...

Finding: 2022-026 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with the Recommendation. The following additional review and approval has been implemented. ? All ESSER I awards issued with discretionary funds as well as all awards funded at $25K but less than $30K have been reported to FFATA. ? When an award is made, the grant manager includes all information including the date the grant award was created on the FFATA batch upload spreadsheet for that month. ? Before the end of the following month, the prior month?s FFATA spreadsheet is uploaded to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System. ? Clarification is included in the process to ensure the accurate amount is reported and the amount reported for ESSER III has been updated within FFATA. We believe the implementation of this process will eliminate the inconsistencies and errors occurring across programs so this report is done timely and accurately. Contact Person Jamie Mertz, Fiscal Management Director Anticipated Completion Date Process change was implemented on September 1, 2022

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Finding 30321 (2022-029)

Significant Deficiency 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303

Finding: 2022-029 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with the Recommendation. The following additional review and approval has been implemented. ? When an award is made, the grant manager includes all information i...

Finding: 2022-029 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with the Recommendation. The following additional review and approval has been implemented. ? When an award is made, the grant manager includes all information including the date the grant award was created on the FFATA batch upload spreadsheet for that month. ? Before the end of the following month, the prior month?s FFATA spreadsheet is uploaded to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System. ? Clarification is included in the process to ensure the accurate amount is reported. We believe the implementation of this process will eliminate the inconsistencies and errors occurring across programs so this report is done timely and accurately. Contact Person Jamie Mertz, Fiscal Management Director Anticipated Completion Date Process change was implemented on September 1, 2022

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Finding 30320 (2022-028)

Significant Deficiency 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303 § 200.332

Finding: 2022-028 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with the recommendation. The Department of Public Instruction has multiple individuals who watch for changes to federal regulations. The budget period requirement was...

Finding: 2022-028 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with the recommendation. The Department of Public Instruction has multiple individuals who watch for changes to federal regulations. The budget period requirement was missed by DPI and we appreciate the State Auditor?s Office for identifying this. Immediately upon having this been pointed out to us we added the information to our grant award notifications. Contact Person Jamie Mertz, Fiscal Management Director Anticipated Completion Date Change to grant award notifications was implemented in October 2022

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Finding 30319 (2022-027)

Significant Deficiency 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303 § 200.332

Finding: 2022-027 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with the Recommendation. The risk assessment process has been completed for Comprehensive Literacy State Development awards for the 2023-2024 school year. The departme...

Finding: 2022-027 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with the Recommendation. The risk assessment process has been completed for Comprehensive Literacy State Development awards for the 2023-2024 school year. The department is contracting with the Vander Weele Group to assist the department in designing a comprehensive federal programs monitoring system, which will take into account the sub-recipient risk. Contact Person Ann Ellefson, Academic Support Director Anticipated Completion Date 2022-2023 risk assessments for Comprehensive Literacy will be finalized by March 31, 2023.

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Finding 30317 (2022-032)

Significant Deficiency 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Questioned Costs Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles § 200.303

Finding: 2022-032 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The NDDPI Agrees with the recommendation. When calculating 2023-2024 and future allocations, the NDDPI will ensure compliance with ESEA Section 2102(a)(1) and will not include Neglected and Delinquent facilitie...

Finding: 2022-032 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The NDDPI Agrees with the recommendation. When calculating 2023-2024 and future allocations, the NDDPI will ensure compliance with ESEA Section 2102(a)(1) and will not include Neglected and Delinquent facilities in the allocation or equitable share processes. Additionally, the NDDPI will communicate the change in practices to impacted public school districts and Neglected and Delinquent facilities during spring/summer 2023. Contact Person Allocations: Jamie Mertz, Fiscal Management Director Correspondence: Ann Ellefson, Academic Support Director Anticipated Completion Date The process will be complete by July 1, 2023.

View Audit 36677 Questioned Costs: $1

Finding 30316 (2022-031)

Significant Deficiency 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Subrecipient Monitoring § 200.303 § 200.332

Finding: 2022-031 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with the recommendation. The risk assessment process has been completed for Supporting Effective Instruction awards for the 2023-2024 school year. The department is c...

Finding: 2022-031 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with the recommendation. The risk assessment process has been completed for Supporting Effective Instruction awards for the 2023-2024 school year. The department is contracting with the Vander Weele Group to assist the department in designing a comprehensive federal programs monitoring system, which will take into account the sub-recipient risk. Contact Person Ann Ellefson, Academic Support Director Anticipated Completion Date 2022-2023 risk assessments for Supporting Effective Instruction will be finalized by March 31, 2023.

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Finding 30315 (2022-030)

Material Weakness 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties § 200.303

Finding: 2022-030 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with the finding. All pertinent information pertaining to the allocation of Title Program funds will be stored in a single location, both physical and electronic. Con...

Finding: 2022-030 Department of Public Instruction Response/Corrective Action Plan: The Department of Public Instruction agrees with the finding. All pertinent information pertaining to the allocation of Title Program funds will be stored in a single location, both physical and electronic. Contact Person Jamie Mertz, Fiscal Management Director Anticipated Completion Date March 1, 2023

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Finding 30308 (2022-034)

Material Weakness 2022

State of North Dakota

ND

Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Reporting § 200.303

Finding: 2022-034 OMB agrees with this finding and the auditor?s recommendation. We agree with the auditor?s finding that certain agency expenditures were not reported in the proper quarter and that quarterly reports did not reconcile to the state accounting system. However, the federal report was r...

Finding: 2022-034 OMB agrees with this finding and the auditor?s recommendation. We agree with the auditor?s finding that certain agency expenditures were not reported in the proper quarter and that quarterly reports did not reconcile to the state accounting system. However, the federal report was required to be submitted ten days after the close of the period. The state accounting system was not closed by the time the federal reports were required to be submitted. The U.S. Department of Treasury recognized this and directed reporting agencies to correct and revise prior submissions when each subsequent report was submitted. OMB made these revisions as required and all expenditures were reported appropriately as the final Coronavirus Relief Funds reports were submitted. Although the CRF program is completed, in the future the Office of Management and Budget will review existing procedures to take whatever steps are reasonable to ensure federal reports are complete, accurate and reconcile to the state's accounting system. Contact Person: Joe Goplin, Director of State Financial Services Anticipated Completion Date: Not Applicable. The program is complete.

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