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Federal Grantor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Treasury, Environmental Protection Agency, Election Assistance Commission, Election Assistance Commission, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Pass-Through Grantor: Missouri Office of Administration, Missouri Department of Transportation, Missouri State Treasurer, Southeast Missouri Regional Planning & Economic Development Commission, Missouri Secretary of State and Missouri Department of Public Safety. Federal Assistance Listing Number: 10.665, 15.226, 15.438, 20.205, 20.616, 20.703, 21.019, 21.027, 66.039, 66.802, 90.401, 97.036 and 97.067. Program Title: Schools and Roads – Grants to States; Payment in Lieu of Taxes, National Forest Acquired Lands; Highway Planning and Construction; National Priority Safety Programs; COVID-19 - Coronavirus Relief Fund; COVID-19 – Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds; Diesel Emissions Reduction Act; Superfund State, Political Subdivision and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreement; Help America Vote Act Requirement Payments; Homeland Security Grant Program. Pass-through Entity Identifying Number: BRO-B062(011), EPA-OAP-OTAQ-20-02, DE-97784601-0, 97750001, #4317, 2017-PF-37(PWSD#1). Award Year: 2021 and 2022. Questioned Costs: None. Criteria: 2 CFR 200.510(b) requires auditees to prepare a schedule of expenditures of federal awards which must report total federal awards expended during the audit period. At a minimum, the schedule must include expenditures by individual federal program, name of the pass-through entity and identifying number for awards not received directly from the federal government, and the total amount provided to subrecipients from each federal program. The County has not implemented proper internal controls to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the SEFA. Condition: The schedules of expenditures of federal awards (SEFA) reported by the County in the 2022 and 2023 annual budget documents contained errors in amounts of federal expenditures reported. Cause: The County has not implemented a proper system of internal control over SEFA preparation, such as a reconciliation to underlying accounting records or having a separate individual review the SEFA for clerical accuracy after it has been prepared. Reasons for discrepancies in individual programs varied. Effect: The SEFA presented for audit did not accurately reflect the County’s actual expenditures of federal awards for both the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. Recommendation: We recommend that the County implement internal controls to ensure that the SEFA completely and accurately states the expenditures of federal awards of the County each year.