Finding 1160414 (2023-003)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding

Requirement

Questioned Costs

Year

2023

Accepted

2025-10-15

Audit: 370820

Organization: American Society for Engineering Education (DC)

Auditor: Rln US LLP

AI Summary

Answer: The Society lacks adequate documentation to verify participant eligibility for the program.
Trend: Missing or incomplete participant profile documents are a recurring issue, affecting compliance verification.
List: Follow up by implementing a system to ensure all necessary documentation is collected and retained for each participant.

Finding Text

During the audit, it was identified that the Society did not retain sufficient documentation to verify participant eligibility for the program. In some cases, participant profile documents were missing or incomplete, limiting the ability to confirm compliance with eligibility requirements.

Corrective Action Plan

ASEE is working with the Program Directors to ensure that proper and sufficient documentation is stored and retained for all federal awards. In addition, the organization is providing the necessary tools to help Program Directors store and retain all documents securely and for the long term.

Other Findings in this Audit

1160405 2023-002

Material Weakness Repeat
1160406 2023-003

Material Weakness Repeat
1160407 2023-002

Material Weakness Repeat
1160408 2023-003

Material Weakness Repeat
1160409 2023-002

Material Weakness Repeat
1160410 2023-003

Material Weakness Repeat
1160411 2023-002

Material Weakness Repeat
1160412 2023-003

Material Weakness Repeat
1160413 2023-002

Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN	Program Name	Expenditures
47.041	Engineering	$10.85M
12.300	Basic and Applied Scientific Research	$3.09M
47.076	Stem Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)	$570,581
47.070	Computer and Information Science and Engineering	$220,829
47.079	Office of International Science and Engineering	$76,077