Finding 1159887 (2024-005)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-10-03
Audit: 370427
Organization: MacOn-Bibb County (GA)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The County failed to report first-tier subawards over $30,000 to the FFATA Subaward Reporting System within the required thirty days.
  • Impacted Requirements: This finding indicates non-compliance with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) reporting obligations.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The County should implement procedures to ensure timely and accurate reporting under FFATA moving forward.

Finding Text

2024 – 005. Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) – Assistance Listing 14.218 – Reporting - Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (Repeat of Finding 2022-002) Criteria: Under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (“FFATA”), direct recipients of grants or cooperative agreements are required to report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more to the FFATA Subaward Reporting System (“FSRS”). Amounts must be reported within thirty days of the subaward. Condition: The County filed a report under FFATA requirements, but the report was not submitted within thirty days of the subaward. Context: See above condition. Cause: Management oversight. Effect: The County was not in compliance with the requirements of FFATA. Recommendation: We recommend that the County establish procedures to ensure proper reporting under FFATA. Views of Responsible Official and Planned Corrective Action: We concur. We will establish procedures to ensure proper reporting with FFATA.

Corrective Action Plan

Management will implement a process to ensure all required reports are submitted as required in a timely manner.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1159886 2024-005
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
20.901 Payments for Essential Air Services $4.79M
14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program $1.95M
14.228 Community Development Block Grants/state's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii $553,922
14.231 Emergency Solutions Grant Program $229,587
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/entitlement Grants $214,118
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction $202,427
20.106 Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and Covid-19 Airports Programs $169,306
16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program $66,323
16.828 Swift, Certain, and Fair Supervision Program: Applying the Principles Behind Project Hope $54,127
20.616 National Priority Safety Programs $29,358
10.727 Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program $19,320
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $17,066
20.600 State and Community Highway Safety $16,245
16.726 Juvenile Mentoring Program $11,779
16.576 Crime Victim Compensation $8,217
97.039 Hazard Mitigation Grant $4,600
97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program $1,800
16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/discretionary Grants $1,781