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Federal Agency: U.S Department of Transportation Assistance Listing Program: 20.106 Airport Improvement Program Federal Award Nos.: 3-68-0001-020-2019, 3-68-0001-025-2022 Area: Matching, Level of Effort, and Earmarking Questioned Costs: $152,120 Criteria: All match funding must be provided in compliance with the requirements of 2 CFR Part 200.306. The grantee’s share of project costs on an AIP grant (also known as cost share) is defined in 49 USC 47109 and set forth in the grant award. The nonfederal share varies by airport size and is generally 25 percent for large and medium hub airports and 10 percent for all other airports. Acceptable match, whether cash or in-kind, must be allowable and eligible. In addition, match must be provided by the recipient; or provided as cash by a third party; or provided as in-kind by a third party; or any combination of cash and in-kind provided by the recipient and/or a third party. Condition: For 3 (or 34%) items tested, the Authority did not consider matching requirements upon request for reimbursement and submission of related signed/dated SF-270 or SF-271 to the Federal Aviation Administration. Consideration of matching requirements for these transactions were subsequently corrected only during the audit process. Cause: The Authority lacks internal control policies and procedures compliance with applicable matching, level of effort, earmarking requirements relative to matching requirements. Effect: The Authority is in noncompliance with applicable matching requirements. Total questioned costs amounted to $152,120. Recommendation: We recommend the Authority’s responsible personnel to establish internal control policies and procedures to require monitoring of matching requirements prior to the submission of request for reimbursement. Views of Responsible Officials and Corrective Action Plan: The Authority agrees with the finding and provides details in its Corrective Action Plan.