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Finding Number: 2021-002
Agency: Department of Homeland Security
Federal Program: DISASTER GRANTS - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (Presidentially Declared Disasters)
Assistant listing number: 97.036
Grant Number: All grants in SEFA
Grant Period: July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021
Compliance Requirement: Reporting
Category: Significant Deficiency and noncompliance over federal program
Criteria: OMB Uniform Guidance subpart B .200(a) establishes that Non-Federal entities that expend $500,000 ($750,000 for fiscal years ending after December 25,2015) or more in a year in Federal awards shall have a single or program-specific audit conducted for that year in accordance with the provisions of this part.
Condition: During our audit of June 30, 2021 financial statements, we noted that single audit report for fiscal year 2020-2021 was not submitted by September 30, 2022.
Cause: Lack of internal controls over financial reporting to produce financial statements on timely basis to comply with OMB reporting deadlines.
Effect: Non-compliance with the above-mentioned requirement could lead to administrative actions by the grantor. It could also be interpreted as a failure to manage federal awards in compliance with laws, regulations, and provisions of contracts and grant agreements.
Recommendation: To improve, execute and monitors accounting periods end closings as planned in order to get a financial statement on time to comply with required deadlines. Also, keep track and communication of federal programs compliances with regulatory parties and among Authority responsible departments involve and establish a program deadline calendar.
Questioned Costs: None Perspective of the information: Single audit report was issued after due date. The information was not drawn from a statistical sample.
Prior Year Finding: Yes.
Management response: Due to government closures that occurred during the pandemic it was impossible to obtain the external and internal information to comply with established requirements.
Responsible Officer: Mr. José R. González De la Vega
Estimated Completion Date: To work it on or before December 2023.