Auditor's Recommendations The Organization should adopt Procurement Policy including a section concerning Federal Awards including a section on verifying the status of each potential sub-recipient before disbursement of Federal funds. Executive Director, Christian Wells, will review and approve this policy and UWTC Board of Directors will approve this policy. Response: Finance Director, Richele Center, will update the United Way of Thurston's set of finance policies with a procurement policy including a section concerning federal awards. Sub-Recipients will be verified before disbursement of Federal funds and sample language prepared for inclusion in contracts with sub-recipients that details this requirement. The new PP will include the following language. Budget Managers who allocate Federal funding will be required to read and sign a document stating that they are aware of the Federal provisions requiring contract language around Suspension and Debarment, ensure that language exists in sub-recipient contracts, confirm with Finance Director that the sub-recipients have been checked prior to fund distribution using the SAM.gov registration. Finance Director will develop a process for checking sub-recipient debarment status and include language outlining the program in the PP. Finance Director will be responsible for working with the Budget Manager to verify all sub-recipients have been checked for debarment prior to disbursing future Federal funding. Timing of remediation completion: Finance Director, Richele Center, will complete by March 23, 2023.