Finding No. 2022-001 Audit Requirements for Auditees ? Report Submission Condition found The data collection form and the reporting package for the year ended on June 30, 2022 was not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within the timeframe prescribed by the Uniform Guidance. Views of Resp...
Finding No. 2022-001 Audit Requirements for Auditees ? Report Submission Condition found The data collection form and the reporting package for the year ended on June 30, 2022 was not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within the timeframe prescribed by the Uniform Guidance. Views of Responsible Officials and Corrective Action PlanPuerto Rico Department of Health (DOH), Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority (PRIFA), Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA), entered on December 30, 2016, into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), subsequently amended on September 17, 2018, to include the Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (FAFAA). Under the MOU, as amended, each party has agreed to assume specific responsibilities in connection with the operations of the Revolving Fund pursuant to the Operating Agreement entered between the EPA and the DOH on September 28, 2018. Pursuant to the MOU, as amended, DOH will remain as the administrator for the Revolving Fund, PRIFA will act as the operating agent to provide assistance with the financial and accounting activities, and FAFAA will conduct the financial capabilities analysis of any eligible assistance recipient of funds, provide the necessary information to the DOH and PRIFA to the extent as possible for the development of the different programs compliance reports reviews, provide assistance as fiscal agent, financial advisor and information agent of the Commonwealth to ensure that the monies are safeguarded in a trust structure and to assist the DOH as deemed necessary with the administration of the program. The data collection form and the reporting package were not file on time due to lack and availability of funds to cover expenses related to the audit process and other expenses related to the administrative responsibilities assigned in the MOU, as amended, to PRIFA. Management is requiring DOH to formalize a Subaward, as established in the MOU, as amended, to facilitate and respond to the lack of funding to cover all the related expenses for the administrative responsibilities assigned to PRIFA. EPA has been informed and communication will be maintained until the Subaward is finally signed. Management plans are to file the data collection form for the fiscal year ended on June 30, 2022 on or before June 30, 2023, and the data collection form for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2023 on or before December 31, 2023, which will result in elimination of the finding. Name (s) of the Contact Person (s) Responsible for Corrective Action Francisco Pares, Secretary of the Treasury Department, Eduardo Rivera Cruz, Executive Director Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority and Dr. Carlos Mellado, Secretary Puerto Rico Department of Health Anticipated Completion Date June 2023