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Finding Number: 2024‐001 Program Name/Assistance Listing Title: Education Stabilization Fund Assistance Listing Number: 84.425 Contact Person: Brianne Ford, Business Manager Anticipated Completion Date: April 7,2025 Planned Corrective Action: WUSD2 has designed and implemented an effective internal ...
Finding Number: 2024‐001 Program Name/Assistance Listing Title: Education Stabilization Fund Assistance Listing Number: 84.425 Contact Person: Brianne Ford, Business Manager Anticipated Completion Date: April 7,2025 Planned Corrective Action: WUSD2 has designed and implemented an effective internal control procedure to ensure that the federal reporting is tracked and completed in a timely manner. The Business Manager and Federal Programs Director will meet monthly to review grant funding and reporting. This will include any deadlines for submissions of grants and reporting.
Moving to Work Demonstration Program – Assistance Listing No. 14.881 Recommendation: We recommend that the Authority reviews the controls in place to ensure that income reported within the HUD-50058 is supported through 3rd party verification. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is...
Moving to Work Demonstration Program – Assistance Listing No. 14.881 Recommendation: We recommend that the Authority reviews the controls in place to ensure that income reported within the HUD-50058 is supported through 3rd party verification. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Since the audit findings were noted, the RHA immediately implemented a 3rd party approval process for all 50058 transactions. For 60 days, the Senior Property Manager and the Compliance Specialist will review all completed recertifications performed by Property Managers to ensure compliance with all HUD regulations prior to approving the 50058 in our software system. Upon approval, the Senior Property Manager or the Compliance Specialist will sign off on the recertification packet prior to it being scanned to the tenant’s file. If errors are found, the Property Manager will be advised to make the necessary corrections/changes. Once the corrections are made it will be resubmitted to the Senior Property Manager or Compliance Specialist for approval. After 60 days, an assessment of all errors noted will be completed to determine if there are consistent errors occurring which warrant additional training or if specific Property Managers require additional support with continued review of all recertifications. If a Property Manager’s work was free of errors after the initial 60 days, then a random selection of 25% of their work product will be reviewed monthly and signed off on the recertification packet prior to being scanned to the tenant’s file. The Asset Management Administrator or Director of Asset Management will pull a random selection of 10% of the approved recertifications that the Senior Property Manager and Compliance Specialist approved to also verify their accuracy in approving files. RHA is also sending all Property Managers through the Nan McKay HCV and Public Housing Rent Calculation training which will take place in person from February 18, 2025, through February 20, 2025. This will be at least the second time each Property Manager will complete this training since their hire date. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Kristin Scott Planned completion date for corrective action plan: May 1, 2025 (ongoing for regular quality control efforts).
Contact Person: Business Manager Planned Corrective Action: The Business Manager currently maintains a file which includes documentation in support of all amounts submitted on federal quarterly SF-425 reports. Planned Completion Date: Throughout the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 and ongoin...
Contact Person: Business Manager Planned Corrective Action: The Business Manager currently maintains a file which includes documentation in support of all amounts submitted on federal quarterly SF-425 reports. Planned Completion Date: Throughout the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 and ongoing 2024 – 007 Contact Person: Business Manager Planned Corrective Action: The District will perform a physical inventory of all equipment purchased with federal dollars. Planned Completion Date: June 30, 2025
Contact Person: Business Manager Planned Corrective Action: The Business Manager currently maintains a file which includes documentation in support of all amounts submitted on federal quarterly SF-425 reports. Planned Completion Date: Throughout the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 and ongoin...
Contact Person: Business Manager Planned Corrective Action: The Business Manager currently maintains a file which includes documentation in support of all amounts submitted on federal quarterly SF-425 reports. Planned Completion Date: Throughout the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 and ongoing
Contact Person: Business Manager and Human Resource Manager Planned Corrective Action: The District currently does have processes and controls in place to ensure grant expenditures have been approved. Specific to this audit finding of missing salary authorization forms, the Business Manager will...
Contact Person: Business Manager and Human Resource Manager Planned Corrective Action: The District currently does have processes and controls in place to ensure grant expenditures have been approved. Specific to this audit finding of missing salary authorization forms, the Business Manager will meet with the Human Resource Manager to review the current control and approval processes for employee salaries and make changes as appropriate. Planned Completion Date: January 2025
Contact Person: Business Manager and Human Resource Manager Planned Corrective Action: The District currently does have processes and controls in place to ensure grant expenditures have been approved. Specific to this audit finding of missing salary authorization forms, the Business Manager will...
Contact Person: Business Manager and Human Resource Manager Planned Corrective Action: The District currently does have processes and controls in place to ensure grant expenditures have been approved. Specific to this audit finding of missing salary authorization forms, the Business Manager will meet with the Human Resource Manager to review the current control and approval processes for employee salaries and make changes as appropriate. Planned Completion Date: January 2025 and ongoing
Management acknowledges the recommendation and has begun considering controls consistent with the recommendation. Appropriate year-end closing procedures will be written to document required reconciliations and related internal controls over completeness and accuracy.
Management acknowledges the recommendation and has begun considering controls consistent with the recommendation. Appropriate year-end closing procedures will be written to document required reconciliations and related internal controls over completeness and accuracy.
Finding 544060 (2024-003)
Significant Deficiency 2024
2024-003 Supportive Services for Veteran Families – Assistance Listing No. 63.033 Recommendation: CLA recommends InteCare, Inc. develops a comprehensive procurement policy that complies with the federal regulations. CLA also recommends InteCare, Inc. enhances controls to ensure an adequate process ...
2024-003 Supportive Services for Veteran Families – Assistance Listing No. 63.033 Recommendation: CLA recommends InteCare, Inc. develops a comprehensive procurement policy that complies with the federal regulations. CLA also recommends InteCare, Inc. enhances controls to ensure an adequate process is in place to review potential vendors to determine they are not suspended or debarred and to ensure documentation to support this is maintained. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: A procurement policy that matches the federal regulation will be added. Moving forward, documentation will be retained when checking a vendor’s status on SAM.gov. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Lara Williams Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 4/1/2025
Finding 544057 (2024-002)
Significant Deficiency 2024
2024-002 Supportive Services for Veteran Families – Assistance Listing No. 63.033 Recommendation: CLA recommends the control process be reviewed and enhanced to ensure consistency in obtaining proper approvals. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit...
2024-002 Supportive Services for Veteran Families – Assistance Listing No. 63.033 Recommendation: CLA recommends the control process be reviewed and enhanced to ensure consistency in obtaining proper approvals. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Adjusted who was responsible for payroll approvals. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Lara Williams Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 11/1/2024
Finding 544054 (2024-001)
Significant Deficiency 2024
SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY 2024-01 Financial Reporting Recommendation: The organization should ensure: • Internal controls are in place and performed throughout the year to enable an efficient year end closing process. • Documentation of the performance of internal reviews over reconciliations and jour...
SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY 2024-01 Financial Reporting Recommendation: The organization should ensure: • Internal controls are in place and performed throughout the year to enable an efficient year end closing process. • Documentation of the performance of internal reviews over reconciliations and journal entries is retained and is readily available. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: An external application is now being used to track reviews of journal entries and reconciliations to make up for this being a missing feature in the accounting system. Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Noah Masson Planned completion date for corrective action plan: 8/1/2024
Finding Number: 2024-004, R&D Procurement Suspension and Debarment Checks Condition: The University’s policy is to check sam.gov for exclusions prior to entering into transactions that are subject to 2 CFR 180.300. During the year, there were certain contractors that the University paid (using feder...
Finding Number: 2024-004, R&D Procurement Suspension and Debarment Checks Condition: The University’s policy is to check sam.gov for exclusions prior to entering into transactions that are subject to 2 CFR 180.300. During the year, there were certain contractors that the University paid (using federal funds) in advance of the sam.gov check being completed. Planned Corrective Action: To prevent future exceptions, the University’s Office of Central Procurement has implemented, and will continue to provide, semi-annual refresher training for all buyers. This training reinforces the importance of vendor checks and proper retention of documentation within the purchase order files. The initial refresher session was conducted in March 2025. Contact person responsible for corrective action: Duane Elmore, Chief Procurement Officer Anticipated Completion Date: March 31, 2025
Finding Number: 2024-003, Subrecipient Payments Condition: The University did not have adequate controls in place to ensure invoices to subrecipients were paid timely within the 30-calendar-day requirement. Planned Corrective Action: Penn State has created a new Subaward Administration and Complian...
Finding Number: 2024-003, Subrecipient Payments Condition: The University did not have adequate controls in place to ensure invoices to subrecipients were paid timely within the 30-calendar-day requirement. Planned Corrective Action: Penn State has created a new Subaward Administration and Compliance Office (SACO), which is part of the new Post Award Contractual Compliance Office. The SACO is led by its own director and will provide central oversight over key subaward compliance processes, such as subrecipient payments, and provide training to campus on subrecipient processes. This function has previously not existed in a central office at Penn State. The creation of this office demonstrates Penn State’s commitment to compliance for subaward activities. Contact person responsible for corrective action: John Hanold, Associate Vice President for Research; Director, Office of Research Administrative Services Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2025
Finding Number: 2024-002, Effort Certification Condition: One of the internal controls that the University has designed related to ensuring that personnel expenses charged to federal grants were accurate is an effort certification that is completed at least annually. This control was not operating ...
Finding Number: 2024-002, Effort Certification Condition: One of the internal controls that the University has designed related to ensuring that personnel expenses charged to federal grants were accurate is an effort certification that is completed at least annually. This control was not operating effectively during the year ended June 30, 2024, as certain effort certifications were not completed timely. Planned Corrective Action: Penn State raised awareness of the late effort certification issue at various committee and council meetings during Fall 2024 and enforced compliance with our existing policy. These meetings involve research leadership at all colleges, such as Associate Deans for Research, College Research Administration Officers, and College Financial Officers. Penn State followed its policy on overdue effort certifications, and we have implemented additional internal controls in the process. The University’s Office of the Senior Vice President for Research has restructured oversight of effort certification, along with many other post award financial matters, to a newly created office, Post Award Contractual Compliance (PACC). This office includes the existing Research Accounting Office (which was part of the Office of Budget and Finance prior to July 1, 2024), and Penn State has hired an Assistant Vice President to oversee this team. A new suboffice, led by a new director, within PACC is the Financial Analysis and Compliance Office (FACO), which is responsible for central oversight and training over the effort certification process. This office has recently created a new dashboard to monitor the completion of effort certifications and works closely with business units within Penn State to ensure timely completion via sending out reminders, holding meetings, and providing training on the process. Contact person responsible for corrective action: John Hanold, Associate Vice President for Research; Director, Office of Research Administrative Services Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2025
Finding Number: 2024-001, 93.323 Procurement Suspension and Debarment Checks Condition: The University’s policy is to check sam.gov for exclusions prior to entering into transactions that are subject to 2 CFR 180.300. During the year, there were certain contractors that the University paid (using fe...
Finding Number: 2024-001, 93.323 Procurement Suspension and Debarment Checks Condition: The University’s policy is to check sam.gov for exclusions prior to entering into transactions that are subject to 2 CFR 180.300. During the year, there were certain contractors that the University paid (using federal funds) in advance of the sam.gov check being completed. Planned Corrective Action: The College of Medicine’s procurement operations will perform compliance checks to ensure vendors are reviewed in SAM.gov prior to processing transactions subject to 2 CFR 180.300. The College of Medicine will implement a procedure requiring vendor checks in SAM.gov during the purchase requisition phase for applicable transactions. Once the purchase requisition identifies grant funding, the procurement office will ensure venders are reviewed in SAM.gov prior to processing. These checks will be documented and retained with the corresponding purchase requisition files before submission to the Office of Budget and Finance for payment. For new vendors, before being created in Penn State’s Financial ERP system, a check will be made in SAM.gov to ensure compliance. Contact person responsible for corrective action: Sharon Sowers, Financial Manager Anticipated Completion Date: June 30, 2025
Federal Program: U.S. Department of Education Federal Direct Loan Program, Federal Assistance Listing 84.268 Criteria: The University is required to comply with 36 CFR Section 685.309(b). Condition: During our testing of 40 students for eligibility, we noted three students in which the students' ...
Federal Program: U.S. Department of Education Federal Direct Loan Program, Federal Assistance Listing 84.268 Criteria: The University is required to comply with 36 CFR Section 685.309(b). Condition: During our testing of 40 students for eligibility, we noted three students in which the students' status change was not timely reported to the National Student Loan Database System (NSLDS). Corrective Actions Taken or Planned: For the year ended June 30, 2024, three students were reported late to NSLDS. Each student, after being identified, were then reported to NSLDS with the correct status and date. The Office of Institutional Research will work with the Registrar’s Office to ensure that students are reported in a timely manner. The Director of Institutional Research has provided the following steps that will be taken when a student is reported as withdrawn: 1. View the student's transcript in Ellucian to see if he/she withdrew or is back-dated as never enrolling. 2. Update Excel file for the term enrollment accordingly. 3. Update National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) file that will be submitted on the next due date. 4. Manually update the student's enrollment in National Student Clearinghouse 5. Manually update the student's enrollment in NSLDS Name of Responsible Person: Daniel Donner, Director of Financial Aid Completion Date: August 13, 2024
Finding 2024-001 Federal Program: U.S. Department of Education Federal Pell Grant Program, Federal Assistance Listing 84.063 Criteria: The University must comply with 34 CFR 690.61(a)(1). Condition: During our testing of 40 students for eligibility, we noted one student who was eligible for a Pel...
Finding 2024-001 Federal Program: U.S. Department of Education Federal Pell Grant Program, Federal Assistance Listing 84.063 Criteria: The University must comply with 34 CFR 690.61(a)(1). Condition: During our testing of 40 students for eligibility, we noted one student who was eligible for a Pell grant, but was not awarded nor disbursed a Pell grant. Upon further analysis, there were four additional students that were eligible for a Pell grant and were not awarded nor disbursed a Pell grant. Corrective Actions Taken or Planned: For the year ended June 30, 2024, it was found that some students were not awarded eligible Pell grants. After the initial students were discovered, the University reviewed all students that were active for the 2023-2024 award year and reviewed their most current Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) to determine which students may not have been awarded Pell grants correctly. Affected students were then awarded as needed and funds applied to their account. Going forward, the University will review subsequent student ISIRs and run additional reports to ensure students are awarded the correct amount of Pell grants. This additional review will capture those who would have previously been missed. Name of Responsible Person: Daniel Donner, Director of Financial Aid Completion Date: August 13, 2024
View Audit 350857 Questioned Costs: $1
ECA agrees with this finding. This particular event was a result of human error and ultimately an “extra” zero was added into the system by mistake. ECA hired a Chief Operating Officer in July 2024, who will ultimately be responsible for creating a new policy for all grant billing that must be enter...
ECA agrees with this finding. This particular event was a result of human error and ultimately an “extra” zero was added into the system by mistake. ECA hired a Chief Operating Officer in July 2024, who will ultimately be responsible for creating a new policy for all grant billing that must be entered into a third-party software that will include adequate reviews
View Audit 350855 Questioned Costs: $1
YPIC will post the $194,602 audit adjustment to correctly reverse the overstatement of grants receivable and grant revenue in the accounting records by April 30,2025. YPIC will also implement a monthly reconciliation process to review grant expenditures and ensure that amounts reported align with ac...
YPIC will post the $194,602 audit adjustment to correctly reverse the overstatement of grants receivable and grant revenue in the accounting records by April 30,2025. YPIC will also implement a monthly reconciliation process to review grant expenditures and ensure that amounts reported align with actual expenditures. Additionally, YPIC will develop a Financial Reporting Checklist to ensure all adjustments are posted timely.
Contact Person NAME: Julia Delgado PHONE: (503) 280-2600 E-Mail: jdelgado@ulpdx.org Explanation and Specific Reasons for Disagreement with the Audit Finding or That Corrective Action is not Required (if Applicable) No disagreement. Corrective Action Planned Urban League of Portland shall review an...
Contact Person NAME: Julia Delgado PHONE: (503) 280-2600 E-Mail: jdelgado@ulpdx.org Explanation and Specific Reasons for Disagreement with the Audit Finding or That Corrective Action is not Required (if Applicable) No disagreement. Corrective Action Planned Urban League of Portland shall review and revise the current policy to enhance recommendations that assure rent reasonableness procedures are instituted. Further training shall be provided to Program Managers to support a due diligent interim review of Master Leases. Anticipated Complete Date: 05/01/2024
View Audit 350845 Questioned Costs: $1
Contact Person NAME: Julia Delgado PHONE: (503) 280-2600 E-Mail: jdelgado@ulpdx.org Explanation and Specific Reasons for Disagreement with the Audit Finding or That Corrective Action is not Required (if Applicable) No disagreement. Corrective Action Planned The Urban League of Portland is committe...
Contact Person NAME: Julia Delgado PHONE: (503) 280-2600 E-Mail: jdelgado@ulpdx.org Explanation and Specific Reasons for Disagreement with the Audit Finding or That Corrective Action is not Required (if Applicable) No disagreement. Corrective Action Planned The Urban League of Portland is committed to an environment of continuous improvement. Further training shall be provided to Program Managers regarding the organizations’ documented internal controls and the importance of adhering to the established approval process. Urban League has currently hired a seasoned Controller and is in the process of hiring an experienced Accounting Manager. Tracking expiring grants more thoroughly and having further reviews in place to assure transactions are recorded within the grant’s agreed upon period of performance shall provide confidence expenses are recorded properly. Anticipated Completion Date: 05/01/2024
View Audit 350845 Questioned Costs: $1
Matching Federal Agency Name: Department of Health and Human Services FFAL #93.087 Program Name: Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse Finding Summary: During testing of match expenditures, testing noted 5.15 hours identified as Medicaid hours for one employee were not removed from...
Matching Federal Agency Name: Department of Health and Human Services FFAL #93.087 Program Name: Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse Finding Summary: During testing of match expenditures, testing noted 5.15 hours identified as Medicaid hours for one employee were not removed from the employee’s total hours when calculating the amount of match for the federal program. The Center’s controls did not detect or correct the errors identified, which results in a reasonable possibility that the Center could claim as match disallowed costs under the federal award and would not be able to detect and correct noncompliance in a timely manner. The employee’s Medicaid hours were not properly included within a revenues report due to the employee’s provider number not being included within the report parameters. Responsible Individuals: CEO (Dan Ries) Corrective Action Plan: CEO will double check and confirm that all revenue reports run have data for the correct staff to ensure that the accurate information is being used to calculate match hours. Anticipated Completion Date: September 2024.
View Audit 350836 Questioned Costs: $1
Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs Federal Agency Name: Department of Health and Human Services FFAL #93.696 Program Name: Certified Community Behavior Health Clinic Expansion Grants Finding Summary: During testing of expenditures, the following was identified: a) ClickTime timecard, which trac...
Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs Federal Agency Name: Department of Health and Human Services FFAL #93.696 Program Name: Certified Community Behavior Health Clinic Expansion Grants Finding Summary: During testing of expenditures, the following was identified: a) ClickTime timecard, which tracks federal and nonfederal hours for employees, did not properly reflect the employees total federal and nonfederal hours being paid within the payroll register (1 instance). b) Calculation errors for expenses allocated to the grant (3 instances). c) Employee tracked 2.7 hours under the federal program and a nonfederal program line in ClickTime (1 instance) causing it to be double counted. The Center’s controls did not detect or correct the errors identified, which results in a reasonable possibility that the Center could submit disallowed costs under the federal awards and would not be able to detect and correct noncompliance in a timely manner. An employee entered 8 hours of PTO into ClickTime for two days each; however, the employee was only paid for 4 hours of PTO for each day. The calculation errors were due to the use of a wrong employee’s allocation percentage and a keying error for payroll expenses for an employee. The secondary review of the employee ClickTime timecards did not identify the incorrectly tracked hours and double tracked time. Also, the secondary review of federal grant expenditure tracking spreadsheet did not identify the calculation errors. Responsible Individuals: Project Directors (Rebecca McCrackin, Missy Martini), Project Accounts Manager (Marsha Bomgaars) and CEO (Dan Ries) Corrective Action Plan: Staff supervisors are to compare ClickTime entries with payroll system entries to ensure they match. The Project Accounts Manager will compare and reconcile all ClickTime reports with payroll reports using an Excel spreadsheet to identify discrepancies and to ensure the ClickTime timecards and the payroll registers match and all hours are accurately reported. Anticipated Completion Date: September 2024.
View Audit 350836 Questioned Costs: $1
Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs Federal Agency Name: Department of Health and Human Services FFAL#93.087 Program Name: Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse Finding Summary: During testing of expenditures, the auditor’s noted calculation errors when allocating payroll expens...
Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs Federal Agency Name: Department of Health and Human Services FFAL#93.087 Program Name: Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse Finding Summary: During testing of expenditures, the auditor’s noted calculation errors when allocating payroll expenses to the federal grant. The Center’s controls did not detect or correct the errors identified, which results in a reasonable possibility that the Center could submit disallowed costs under the federal awards and would not be able to detect and correct noncompliance in a timely manner. The calculation errors were due to the use of a wrong employee’s allocation percentage, a keying error for the amount of payroll taxes for an employee, and not properly updating the calculation of worker’s compensation based upon the new percentage effective January 1, 2024 for the state of Iowa. In addition, the secondary review of federal grant expenditure tracking spreadsheet did not identify the calculation errors. Responsible Individuals: Staff Supervisors (Sarah Heinrichs) and Project Accounts Manager (Marsha Bomgaars) Corrective Action Plan: Staff supervisors are to compare ClickTime entries with payroll system entries to ensure they match. The Project Accounts Manager will compare and reconcile all ClickTime reports with payroll reports using an Excel spreadsheet to identify discrepancies and to ensure the ClickTime timecards and the payroll registers match and all hours are accurately reported. Anticipated Completion Date: September 2024.
View Audit 350836 Questioned Costs: $1
Material Weakness in Internal Control over Compliance of Procurement, Suspension and Debarment Other Matters Recommendation: We recommend that management continue to develop policies and procedures to ensure an adequate review process is in place to monitor new and potential contractors to determi...
Material Weakness in Internal Control over Compliance of Procurement, Suspension and Debarment Other Matters Recommendation: We recommend that management continue to develop policies and procedures to ensure an adequate review process is in place to monitor new and potential contractors to determine whether a conflict of interest exists and that the procurement, suspension, and debarment procedures are being followed in accordance with Uniform Grant Guidance. Explanation of Disagreement with Audit Finding There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: This finding was specifically about laboratory services, which have very limited options when it comes to vendor selection due to health plan participation and geography. To mitigate this finding, the procurement policy will be updated to incorporate these requirements including documentation; if necessary, we will obtain further training from our auditors to ensure our policy and procedures are appropriate and compliant. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Melissa Reed, President/CEO Planned completion date for corrective action plan: June 30, 2025
2024-003 H. Period of Performance Timely Payment of Financial Obligations Assistance Listing 93.959: Block Grants for Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Federal Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Recommendation: As the grant period has ended, we recommend that th...
2024-003 H. Period of Performance Timely Payment of Financial Obligations Assistance Listing 93.959: Block Grants for Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Federal Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Recommendation: As the grant period has ended, we recommend that the Corporation works with the funding agency to remedy the period of performance noncompliance. In addition, we recommend that the Corporation reassess the design of its period of performance controls to identify where enhancement or additional controls are needed over liquidation of financial obligations subsequent to the end of a grant award. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the finding and recommendations. Action planned/taken in response to finding: The Corporation went live on its new ERP system in April 2024. Since go-live, management has continued to optimize the system and find ways to strengthen our internal controls, including automating certain processes. Management will continue to educate all grant managers on (1) the reporting capabilities within the system that can be utilized in the execution of monitoring payment status on individual invoices that have been submitted to granting agencies for reimbursement, and (2) the requirement to use their grant specific general ledger coding when orders are placed with vendors that are set up under the Corporation’s group purchasing process. For the specific vendor noted in Finding 2024-003, a grant number input field has been added to the group purchasing orders to allow for enhanced tracking and review of expenditures associated with grants and the monitoring of payment of those expenditures. The use of the accurate grant general ledger coding by grant managers when orders are placed, will reduce the time between placement of order and payment of the invoice. Additionally, management will develop a federal grant policy that covers all requirements for compliance and internal controls for federal grants. The grant manager responsible for oversight of BHSB grants will work with BHSB to remedy the period of performance noncompliance noted in Finding 2024-003. Anticipated Completion Date – June 30, 2026 Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Jeff Chadwick, Financial Reporting Director, jeff.chadwick@umm.edu
View Audit 350833 Questioned Costs: $1
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