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Finding 2022-004 – Allocation of Program Effort by Employees In response to the finding, GEM will institute controls and processes to document and allocate personnel time and effort to NSF program GEM will allocate time and effort via approved time and expense personnel reports and reconcile these t...
Finding 2022-004 – Allocation of Program Effort by Employees In response to the finding, GEM will institute controls and processes to document and allocate personnel time and effort to NSF program GEM will allocate time and effort via approved time and expense personnel reports and reconcile these the accounting records and NSF program charges. Anticipated date of completion: Process was implemented on December 31, 2022. Responsible party: Jamie Hicks, Senior Accounting Manager
View Audit 353761 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 2022-001 Name of Responsible Individual: Carolina Liriano, Grant Manager; Holly Forester, Controller; Sheri Brady, VP and Chief Program Officer Corrective Action: CDF hired an Outsourced Grant Manager starting January 2025 to oversee compliance and internal control processes for federal a...
Finding 2022-001 Name of Responsible Individual: Carolina Liriano, Grant Manager; Holly Forester, Controller; Sheri Brady, VP and Chief Program Officer Corrective Action: CDF hired an Outsourced Grant Manager starting January 2025 to oversee compliance and internal control processes for federal awards, ensuring adherence to 2 CFR Part 200. The Outsourced Grant Manager will implement systems to accurately allocate salaries, wages, and other expenditures. Key actions include:  Payroll Expenditures: Establish procedures to approve payroll allocations based on actual time and effort reporting, requiring supervisor approval and periodic reviews for compliance.  Non-Payroll Expenditures: Develop approval processes for non-payroll expenses, ensuring detailed documentation and implementing checks to verify overhead allocations.  Documentation and Review: Implement a comprehensive filing system for approvals and supporting documents, with regular training for staff.  Ongoing Compliance Monitoring: Conduct periodic internal audits to ensure adherence to internal controls and federal regulations, addressing issues promptly. These measures will strengthen CDF’s internal controls, ensure compliance, and maintain the integrity of federal award management. Anticipated Completion Date: December 31, 2025.
View Audit 341102 Questioned Costs: $1
FA 2022-002 Improve Controls over Expenditures Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed Allowable Costs/Cost Principle Internal Control Impact: Material Weakness Compliance Impact: Material Noncompliance Federal Awarding Agency: U.S. Department of Education Pass-Through Entity: Ge...
FA 2022-002 Improve Controls over Expenditures Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed Allowable Costs/Cost Principle Internal Control Impact: Material Weakness Compliance Impact: Material Noncompliance Federal Awarding Agency: U.S. Department of Education Pass-Through Entity: Georgia Department of Education Assistance Listing Number and Title: COVID-19 - 84.425D - Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, COVID-19 - 84.425W - American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund - Homeless Children and Youth Federal Award Number: S425D210012 (Year: 2021) S425W210011 (Year: 2021) Questioned Costs: $58,415 Description: A review of expenditures charged to the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief Fund program revealed that the School District's internal control procedures were not operating to ensure that expenditures were appropriately documented to support allowability. Corrective Action Plans: District office will review payroll process and develop a procedure to ensure proper documentation is kept in an orderly manner. Estimated Completion Date: December 31, 2024 Contact Person: Terrance H. Freeman, III CFO Telephone: 706-665-8577 Email: tfreeman@talbot.k12.ga.us
View Audit 340052 Questioned Costs: $1
FA 2022-001 Strengthen Controls over Expenditures Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed Allowable Costs/Cost Principle Internal Control Impact: Material Weakness Compliance Impact: Material Noncompliance Federal Awarding Agency: U.S. Department of Education Pass-Through Entity: ...
FA 2022-001 Strengthen Controls over Expenditures Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed or Unallowed Allowable Costs/Cost Principle Internal Control Impact: Material Weakness Compliance Impact: Material Noncompliance Federal Awarding Agency: U.S. Department of Education Pass-Through Entity: Georgia Department of Education Assistance Listing Number and Title: 84.010 - Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies Federal Award Number: SO10A200010 (Year: 2021) SO10A210010-21A (Year: 2022) Questioned Costs: $23,398 Description: The policies and procedures of the School District were insufficient to provide adequate internal controls over expenditures as it relates to the Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies program. Corrective Action Plans: District office has put procedures in action to make sure that all drawbacks are in line with expenditures. All draw down packets will be viewed and signed off by federal program director. This packet will included detail expenditure sheet for the month, year to date expenditure report and a cover sheet. Estimated Completion Date: December 31, 2024 Contact Person: Terrance H. Freeman, III CFO Telephone: 706-665-8577 Email: tfreeman@talbot.k12.ga.us
View Audit 340052 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 2022-004 – Allocation of Program Effort by Employees In response to the finding, GEM will institute controls and processes to document and allocate personnel time and effort to NSF program GEM will allocate time and effort via approved time and expense personnel reports and reconcile these t...
Finding 2022-004 – Allocation of Program Effort by Employees In response to the finding, GEM will institute controls and processes to document and allocate personnel time and effort to NSF program GEM will allocate time and effort via approved time and expense personnel reports and reconcile these the accounting records and NSF program charges. Anticipated date of completion: Process was implemented on December 31, 2022. Responsible party: Jamie Hicks, Senior Accounting Manager
View Audit 334452 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 512308 (2022-005)
Significant Deficiency 2022
Management Response and Corrective Action Plan City's Response: The City concurs with the recommendation. Corrective Action Plan: The HR and payroll policies will be updated to incorporate the above recommendations. Planned Implementation Date: March 2025 Responsible Person(s): City Manager
Management Response and Corrective Action Plan City's Response: The City concurs with the recommendation. Corrective Action Plan: The HR and payroll policies will be updated to incorporate the above recommendations. Planned Implementation Date: March 2025 Responsible Person(s): City Manager
Management accepts the finding and notes that the prior year finding was not reported until near the end of the current audit period, contributing to the repeat finding. Effective in June 2022, payroll authorizations were directed through the PeopleSoft system to the Payroll Manager who prepared and...
Management accepts the finding and notes that the prior year finding was not reported until near the end of the current audit period, contributing to the repeat finding. Effective in June 2022, payroll authorizations were directed through the PeopleSoft system to the Payroll Manager who prepared and documented the necessary allocation calculation. This calculation, along with a copy of the original payroll authorization for the employee and the superseding payroll authorization were sent to the Associate Controller for review and verification. This secondary review was marked approved and returned to the Payroll Manager for final entry in the payroll system and records archiving. Further, a campus committee with representatives from the offices of; Controller, Information Technology, Sponsored Research Services, Payroll and Academic Affairs Operations was formed to further review and address this prior year finding. The Committee has developed a form within PeopleSoft that will allow for entering payroll authorization data, system calculation of applicable fringe adjustments, and a system driven workflow review and approval process from initial entry by the Principal Investigator to approval by Sponsored Research Services to the approval by either the Research Accountant or the Associate Controller for posting of all prior period reallocations. Any adjustments affecting future periods will be processed through the existing payroll authorization process and system entered by the Payroll Office. This cost transfer process was implemented on April 1, 2023. A further enhancement of automating a portion of the related journal entry posting upon final approval by the Research Accountant or Associate Controller was implemented in June 2023. In light of the repeat finding, the University engaged an outside firm, Bowers and Company CPAs PLLC in May 2023, to conduct an internal review evaluation of the Payroll Department with a focus on reviewing assessing current internal controls and processes from employees set up through issuance of compensation and filing of state and federal forms relating to payroll procedures and transactions. The outcome of this review was to identify areas of potential weakness, process improvement, and current utilization of existing financial systems and tools. The results of this review evaluation were received in August 2023. In the limited scope review they identified no reportable findings and provided several recommendations to improve University-wide payroll processes. The implementation of these recommendations improved University-wide payroll processes. Additionally, we carried out an internal audit encompassing all federally funded research payroll transactions involving students, staff, and research faculty for the fiscal year 2022. We compared payroll authorizations against the actual payroll amounts for a total of 231 faculty, staff and students. We identified 6 findings, in addition to the findings from KPMG during the initial audit, between payroll authorizations or graduate appointments and the actual amounts charged to federal accounts, which is an overall error rate of 5.6%. Clarkson’s Payroll Department is conducting monthly review of allocations in payroll to proactively identify errors, aiming to facilitate prompt corrections. In addition to the monthly review, Sponsored Research Services will continue in processing cost transfers whenever errors are identified, necessitating adjustments to the allocation of payroll to federal awards.
Recommendation: The Association follow its own documented controls to ensure it prepares adequate time-and-effort documentation to support payroll costs charged to the federal grant. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in re...
Recommendation: The Association follow its own documented controls to ensure it prepares adequate time-and-effort documentation to support payroll costs charged to the federal grant. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Containment Supervisors have had long-time systems in place to review activity logs and their alignment with electronic time sheets. OCCDA policy changes in 2020 are documented in the staff handbook, which states that timesheets are submitted and approved electronically in EWS. In October 2023, a statement was added to the timekeeping system that states, “Submission of this electronic form constitutes your signature on the form. By electronically signing this form you are attesting to the accuracy of the information contained therein and the submission is authorized by you.” Root Cause Due to a lack of knowledge of the new system, fiscal staff could not pull reports out of the timekeeping system. Action Taken Upon implementation of the new timekeeping system in previous years, the staff handbook was updated to reflect the procedure of electronic submission of timesheets, but the fiscal policy will be updated to accurately reflect procedures by February 2024. Beginning in 2023, the staff allocations have been uploaded on a shared document where the Fiscal Manager and payroll both have access. Allocations are reviewed whenever there are any changes in duties or funding and at a minimum of quarterly. When there are changes, a formal status change is completed by HR and sent to payroll for processing and updates in the spreadsheet and the software. Beginning in January 2024 timesheets will be entered into the timekeeping system by staff indicating the number of hours spent in each funding program allowing for real time, accurate allocation of time. Time entry will continue to be reviewed by supervisors or the next in the chain of command when the supervisor is unavailable and paid based on the entered time. Quarterly allocations will be reviewed in the payroll system to ensure that we are staying within the budget. Electronic submission of timesheets was implemented in 2024. The staff allocations have been uploaded on a shared document where the Fiscal Manager and payroll both have access. Allocations are reviewed whenever there are any changes in duties or funding and at a minimum quarterly. When there are changes, a formal status change is completed by HR and sent to payroll for processing and updates in the spreadsheet and the software. Beginning in January 2024 timesheets have been entered into the timekeeping system by staff indicating the number of hours spent in each funding program allowing for real time, accurate allocation of time. Time entry will continue to be reviewed by supervisors or the next in the chain of command when the supervisor is unavailable and paid based on the entered time. Name(s) of contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Fiscal Manager Planned completion date for corrective action plan: March 2024 (Q1)
2022-019 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through Kansas Department of Aging Aging Cluster - ALN 93.045 - Special Programs for the Aging _Title III, Part C_Nutrition Services - 2201KSOAHD Management’s Response: Management will work with Aging to make sure they are tracking and ...
2022-019 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, passed through Kansas Department of Aging Aging Cluster - ALN 93.045 - Special Programs for the Aging _Title III, Part C_Nutrition Services - 2201KSOAHD Management’s Response: Management will work with Aging to make sure they are tracking and reporting time correctly in accordance with the award parameters. Views of Responsible Officials and Corrective Action: Department personnel will need training on how to report time correctly in the payroll system to adhere to award parameters. Management will ensure this is addressed by December 31, 2024. Responsible Official: Dr. Shelley Kneuvean Chief Financial Officer Unified Government of Wyandotte County & Kansas City KS
View Audit 326473 Questioned Costs: $1
Views of Responsible Officials The Organization agrees with this finding. Corrective Action Plan The Organization has strengthened its internal controls over payroll transactions in order to comply with laws, regulations, and grant agreements. Additionally, the pass-through entity has increased its ...
Views of Responsible Officials The Organization agrees with this finding. Corrective Action Plan The Organization has strengthened its internal controls over payroll transactions in order to comply with laws, regulations, and grant agreements. Additionally, the pass-through entity has increased its documentation requirements which helps the Organization ensure that it possesses compliant payroll documentation. Further, the Organization plans to review its personnel files to ensure that adequate documentation exists to support approved rates of pay. Name(s) of Responsible Individuals Lacy Kimes, Board President Anticipated Completion Date Partially implemented. Personnel file review anticipated completion December 31, 2024.
View Audit 325903 Questioned Costs: $1
Corrective Action: Management of the Institute did not provide any planned corrective actions for this finding. Person Responsible: Management of the Institute did not identify an individual responsible for corrective action for this finding. Completion Date: Management of the Institute has not esta...
Corrective Action: Management of the Institute did not provide any planned corrective actions for this finding. Person Responsible: Management of the Institute did not identify an individual responsible for corrective action for this finding. Completion Date: Management of the Institute has not established a completion date for corrective action for this finding.
View Audit 322455 Questioned Costs: $1
Criteria or specific requirement: 2 CFR 200.403(b) states that costs must "Conform to any limitations or exclusions set forth in these principles or in the Federal award as to types or amount of cost items". Per the Federal award (contract 2018-51300-28430, PTEIN C0535A-A), there was no specific all...
Criteria or specific requirement: 2 CFR 200.403(b) states that costs must "Conform to any limitations or exclusions set forth in these principles or in the Federal award as to types or amount of cost items". Per the Federal award (contract 2018-51300-28430, PTEIN C0535A-A), there was no specific allowability for “Fees”, and the budget indicated $0 allocated to “Fees”. 2 CFR 200.303(a) requires non federal entities receiving Federal awards to "Establish and maintain internal controls over the Federal award that provides 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." 2 CFR 200.430(i)(1) states that "Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed." Condition: (10.307) During testing of general disbursements, it was noted that the Organization did not retain documentary evidence of review and approval of disbursements for 4 out of 17 samples tested. In addition, for 1 sample, the Organization charged unallowable costs (bank fees) to the major program. During testing of payroll, it was noted that inadequate time and effort documentation was retained for 2 out of 26 samples tested, resulting in wages being charged erroneously between programs. (10.311) During testing of general disbursements, it was noted that the Organization did not retain documentary evidence of review and approval of disbursements for 5 out of 14 samples tested. During testing of payroll, it was noted that inadequate time and effort documentation was retained for 2 out of 21 samples tested, resulting in wages being charged erroneously between programs. During testing of indirect costs, it was noted that direct costs used to calculate the applied indirect cost rate were not supported by underlying documentation of costs incurred. Questioned costs: None Context: (10.307) For testing of general disbursements, a sample of 17 was made from a population of 113 disbursement transactions. Of the 17 sampled, 4 did not include documentary evidence of review and approval of the disbursement. In addition, 1 sample was found to be out of compliance with the provisions for 2 CFR 200.403(b). For testing of payroll, a sample of 26 was made from a population of 168 unique employee paychecks. Of the 26 sampled, 2 had inadequate documentation of time and effort spent on the major program, resulting in an overbilling in one sample and an underbilling in the second sample. (10.311) For testing of general disbursements, a sample of 14 was made from a population of 90 disbursement transactions. Of the 14 sampled, 5 did not include documentary evidence of review and approval of the disbursement. For testing of payroll, a sample of 21 was made from a population of 139 unique employee paychecks. Of the 21 sampled, 2 had inadequate documentation of time and effort spent on the major program, resulting in an overbilling in one sample and an underbilling in the second sample. For testing of indirect costs, a sample of 6 was made from a population of 21 monthly reimbursement invoices. Of the 6 sampled, 3 did not include sufficient documentation to support the direct costs used to apply the indirect cost rate. Cause: The Organization does not have adequate controls around the documentation of the supervisor review and approval process. Supervisory review and approvals are currently being communicated verbally. In addition, inadequate documentation is retained to document the time and effort of employee time spent on grants and the total direct costs that should be considered when applying the indirect cost rate. Effect: Without adequate records retained, the Organization is at risk of noncompliance with Federal programs and grant regulations, which could result in penalties or repayment obligations. Without adequate documentation and controls in place to ensure costs are reasonable and intended for the program charged, the Organization could incorrectly charge expenditures to the Federal program, report fraudulent expenditures, or not request appropriate reimbursement that the Organization is entitled to under the terms of the grant. Repeat Finding: No Recommendation: CLA recommends for the Organization to evaluate its current policies and procedures to implement an additional layer of review, and to formally document such review and approval procedures for all transactions affecting federal funds (i.e. approval of general expenditures, approval of timesheets, approval of indirect cost allocations). In addition, the Organization should emphasize the importance of detailed reviewed timesheets, including a second level review by the Finance Manager to ensure the accuracy and documentation of time and effort billed to each Federal program. Views of responsible officials: Management agrees with the finding. Action Taken in Response to Finding: In response to these findings, OSA has reviewed its formal review and approval procedures to ensure that documentation of review and approval occurs with payroll time cards and wage reporting to grants. In response to this review, OSA has implemented the following: ● Adherence to a current and accurate Financial Management Policy Manual. The manual documents OSA’s policy and procedures regarding this finding: ○ Monthly close/reconciliation reviewed by Executive Director and Board of Directors. ○ Review and approval of all allowable federal expenditures including payroll wage reporting to federal programs, and invoices by OSA Executive Director or federal program Director. ○ Archiving a digital copy of review and approvals for every invoice submitted, including review and approval for all supporting documentation including approved timesheets. Name(s)of the Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Laurajean Lewis, Executive Director, at laurajean@seedalliance.org Planned Completion Date for Corrective Action Plan: 06/01/2024
Item 2022-002 – Allowable Costs Federal Program – Healthy Start Initiative Assistance Listing Number – 93.926 Federal Program – Supportive Housing for Veterans (Supportive Services for Veterans Families) Assistance Listing Number – 64.033 Material Weakness Condition: The Council allocates payroll ...
Item 2022-002 – Allowable Costs Federal Program – Healthy Start Initiative Assistance Listing Number – 93.926 Federal Program – Supportive Housing for Veterans (Supportive Services for Veterans Families) Assistance Listing Number – 64.033 Material Weakness Condition: The Council allocates payroll costs to grants primarily based on initial budgets. The Council did not have internal controls established to verify that the employee's actual work performed did not alter from the initial budgeting, which may require and adjustment to the costs charged to the grants. Corrective Action: Both the Healthy Start Program and Supportive Services for Veterans Families allocate payroll costs for administrative personnel to recover costs. Each staff member's time is logged in the payroll system, Paycom but is not broken down by direct time spent on each grant. This was identified during a recent Department of Veteran's Affairs audit of Supportive Services for Veterans Families for fiscal 2021. The corrective action plan for that finding was to create an individual paper timesheet for administrative personnel to identify hours directly worked on each grant for each pay period. This was not enacted until fiscal 2023. The time sheets will be logged along with the allocation per pay period. The Director of Veterans Programs is responsible for the corrective action. The Healthy Start Program transitioned to another local non-profit October 31, 2023. The Council will no longer have direct control over their corrective action plan.
Finding Number: 2022-007 Planned Corrective Action: The previous director processed payroll using one program (one time). The Finance Director & Accounting Assistant always allocate between properties at the approved amounts. The Director/Finance Director will review all payroll. Anticipated Complet...
Finding Number: 2022-007 Planned Corrective Action: The previous director processed payroll using one program (one time). The Finance Director & Accounting Assistant always allocate between properties at the approved amounts. The Director/Finance Director will review all payroll. Anticipated Completion Date: January 1, 2023 Responsible Contact Person: Sherrie Boudinot
For employees who are paid in full or in part with federal and other funds, management will increase the frequency of the time and effort reporting to quarterly intervals. Specifically, employees will document their time and effort based on funding sources for each payroll period; and at the end eac...
For employees who are paid in full or in part with federal and other funds, management will increase the frequency of the time and effort reporting to quarterly intervals. Specifically, employees will document their time and effort based on funding sources for each payroll period; and at the end each quarter, management will review and compare the actual time and effort percentages with the current ADP Labor Distribution Report for reasonableness. The Management review report will be used as a basis to effect changes to the labor distribution report using the employee status change forms. The time and effort documentation will be available for audit. The implementation of the Corrective Action Plan did not commence until FY23 because the auditor’s field work for fiscal year 2021 ended after the close of fiscal year 2022.
May 3, 2024 Re: SAMHSA Notice of Award for 6H79SM083161-01M003 MTBH submitted our budget based on anticipated salary costs for new hires, which we believe stayed at or below our actual costs. We made available all necessary documentation requested from payroll, grant-related expenses, grant reports...
May 3, 2024 Re: SAMHSA Notice of Award for 6H79SM083161-01M003 MTBH submitted our budget based on anticipated salary costs for new hires, which we believe stayed at or below our actual costs. We made available all necessary documentation requested from payroll, grant-related expenses, grant reports and timekeeping records to Wade Stables P.C for review. We did not have the grant in our financial software as we were beginning a migration to new software during the early stages of the grant; therefore, we tracked that grant on an excel spreadsheet that annually was provided to our auditors. Most of the staff assigned to the grant were full-time staff, so time allocation was easily tracked. For the few staff that were part-time we had designated codes in our Electronic Medical Record to identify work done on behalf of the grant. In response to Finding 2022-001- B Allowable Costs, we agree with the Statement of Cause citing the exponential growth of the organization regarding preparedness for a first-time grant award of this size being our largest challenge. Initially we were informed we had not received the grant then, due to additional COVID funding, we were invited to participate in the grant with a very short turnaround to finalize budgets and hire staff. Our salaries are consistent with the positions designated in the grant and in a few cases our staff salaries exceeded the allowable costs; therefore, those allowable costs were used to calculate the drawdown. MTBH did not have an established de minimis rate; therefore, we used the 10% designated rate associated with the grant. The interactive Budget Narrative Form template, required per SAMHSA guidelines, had 10% built into the template. If afforded future opportunities to secure a SAMSHA grant, we would be better positioned to execute the financial management in our SAGE software to segregate costs for the purpose of tracking the expenditures associated agency grant operations. Currently all agency expenditures have transferred into SAGE by our Vice President of Finance, Jenny Haught MBA, which would also be the Responsible Official to fiscally manage future grants. Respectfully, Angela Caraway, VP of Clinical Operations
Management Response #2022-005: The time keeping system and process does not currently allow tracking of time based on funded resources. The past practice had been for the finance department manually calculated salary allocations but due to staff turnover in FY2021-22, the process was not consistentl...
Management Response #2022-005: The time keeping system and process does not currently allow tracking of time based on funded resources. The past practice had been for the finance department manually calculated salary allocations but due to staff turnover in FY2021-22, the process was not consistently followed. Corrective Action Plan: The following action items have been or will be taken: • In 2022, the finance team delineated and expanded positions whose primary responsibility is to monitor and manage all grant activities. • Monthly time and effort reports to include recorded time worked under each grant will be sent to the employee and require employee and supervisor approval. • As of 2022 salary/wages are allocated to federal grants based on actual costs received from payroll. • Finance Management will also create actual to budget reports in accordance with HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) guidelines for salaries/wages and hours. The report will be reconciled monthly. • Human Resources department will collaborate with the Grants and Finance teams to ensure grants hours is added as an option within the timekeeping system for accurate recording for FY24. Responsible Party: Tamara Barnes, CFO
Responsible: Thomas Hoover, CFO Corrective Actions: 1) Update Finance policies to document and maintain the documentation of Supervisory review and approval of journal entries charging payroll costs to federal grants; 2) Update Finance policies to review estimates of accrued costs charged to feder...
Responsible: Thomas Hoover, CFO Corrective Actions: 1) Update Finance policies to document and maintain the documentation of Supervisory review and approval of journal entries charging payroll costs to federal grants; 2) Update Finance policies to review estimates of accrued costs charged to federal grants at calendar/fiscal year end to determine whether true-ups to actual costs are necessary. Completion Date: March 29, 2023 Explanation: 1) Review of allocated payroll costs: Payroll processing and recording of costs charged to federal grants has in practice, consistently involved multiple review and approval steps by at least two employees. Detailed records of these steps are maintained in Finance records for each payroll, including the allocated grant costs. However, Management acknowledges that an additional step be added to capture the documentation of review and approval of the payroll journal entries that allocate payroll costs to federal grants. This step was put in place in 2023 to resolve a recommendation from OJJDP/OCFO. Supervisor review and approval is captured directly in the general ledger system. Finance policies have been updated to codify this additional step as recommended. 2) Procedure for trueing up estimates: Three of sixty transactions tested showed that payroll costs were accrued at year end based on the approved grant budget but were not trued up in the new accounting period based on actual costs. The total variance of the three transactions was $6.20. Finance policies have been updated to include evaluating year-end accruals to determine whether a true-up is necessary in the new period as recommended.
Management acknowledges that it is necessary to more specifically itemize employee time that is applicable to the federal grants and contracts that partially fund broad programs and services and has instituted infrastructure to ensure that this is done and documented correctly in the future. The nec...
Management acknowledges that it is necessary to more specifically itemize employee time that is applicable to the federal grants and contracts that partially fund broad programs and services and has instituted infrastructure to ensure that this is done and documented correctly in the future. The necessary codes are in place in our payroll system and guidance and leadership of the timesheet process will be provided by all program executives (EVP, VP) to all staff that are impacted, with oversight by the Chief Financial & Operating Officer and Sr. Director of Finance. This is in place as of the date of this corrective action plan.
View Audit 316339 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 452401 (2022-011)
Significant Deficiency 2022
FINDING # 2022-011No finding in prior yearThe Department of Corrections (DOC) held a meeting on March 22, 2023 with the Supervisors of Education where the importance of reviewing and approving all timesheets was reinforced. Staff were also informed and reminded of progressive discipline for future ...
FINDING # 2022-011No finding in prior yearThe Department of Corrections (DOC) held a meeting on March 22, 2023 with the Supervisors of Education where the importance of reviewing and approving all timesheets was reinforced. Staff were also informed and reminded of progressive discipline for future instances of timesheet approval omissions. DOC also plans to distribute a memorandum to all Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors of Education in an effort to ensure that proper controls are implemented for timely supervisory review and approvals of timesheets as required. Supervisors were also instructed to substantiate via email that timesheet approval, in their absence, will be approved by DOC Administration at their facility.COMPLETION DATE/CONTACT PERSON March 26, 2023Donna Gies - DOC(609) 826-5615Donna.Gies@doc.nj.gov
2022-008 COVID-19-Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds ? Assistance Listing No. 21.027Recommendation: 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 reimburse...
2022-008 COVID-19-Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds ? Assistance Listing No. 21.027Recommendation: 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: The Office of Budget and Finance in conjunction with the Executive?s office of Government Reform and Strategic Initiative will review all employee files to ensure that an effort attestation exists, or that the employee is properly trained on the importance of effort reporting through a timesheet as a chargeback mechanism.Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Elisabeth Sachs and Rebecca LangPlanned completion date for corrective action plan: 7/1/2023
View Audit 313273 Questioned Costs: $1
2022-007 COVID-19-Emergency Rental Assistance ? Assistance Listing No. 21.023Recommendation: 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 sub...
2022-007 COVID-19-Emergency Rental Assistance ? Assistance Listing No. 21.023Recommendation: 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: Baltimore County 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 is County is discontinuing the use of current payroll system CGI Advantage and will be migrating 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 AssadiPlanned completion date for corrective action plan: 7/1/2023
View Audit 313273 Questioned Costs: $1
2022-006 CDBG Entitlement Grant Cluster ? Assistance Listing No. 14.218Recommendation: 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 substanti...
2022-006 CDBG Entitlement Grant Cluster ? Assistance Listing No. 14.218Recommendation: 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 is discontinuing the use of current payroll system CGI Advantage and will be migrating 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 AssadiPlanned completion date for corrective action plan: 7/1/2023
View Audit 313273 Questioned Costs: $1
2022-009 A/B. Allowable Costs and Cost Principles/Activities Allowed or UnallowedEducation Stabilization Fund CFDA #84.425Material Weakness in Internal Control over Compliance and Immaterial Instance of NoncomplianceFinding Summary: During the course of the engagement, Eide Bailly noted instances o...
2022-009 A/B. Allowable Costs and Cost Principles/Activities Allowed or UnallowedEducation Stabilization Fund CFDA #84.425Material Weakness in Internal Control over Compliance and Immaterial Instance of NoncomplianceFinding Summary: During the course of the engagement, Eide Bailly noted instances of expendituresthat were not COVID related and therefore not allowable under the terms of the grant.Corrective Action Plan: The School will review internal controls surrounding allowable costs andactivities to ensure they are adequate to identify unallowable expenditures.Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2023
View Audit 312521 Questioned Costs: $1
FINDING 2022-004Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Kristin CharlesContact Phone Number: 765-866-0203Views of the Responsible Official: The School Corporation is in agreement with the Finding.Description of Corrective Action Plan: This should not be an issue moving forward as now writ...
FINDING 2022-004Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Kristin CharlesContact Phone Number: 765-866-0203Views of the Responsible Official: The School Corporation is in agreement with the Finding.Description of Corrective Action Plan: This should not be an issue moving forward as now write our grant to be used for our Co-Op Bill and do not pay salaries directly. In the future if we plan to pay with Federal Funding, we will require time and effort logs.Anticipated Completion Date: 4/1/2023
View Audit 312499 Questioned Costs: $1
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