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Finding No.: 2022-001 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of the Interior AL Program: 15.875 Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories Federal Award No.: D21AP10226 Area: Reporting Questioned Costs: $0 Criteria: In accordance with applicable reporting requirements, amounts reported in SF-425 Federal Financial Report should be accurate. Condition: For one (or 50%) of two reports tested, we noted inaccurate amounts reported in the SF-425 report for the semi-annual reporting period ended 12/31/2021, as follows: "See Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs for chart/table" Cause: GPA did not enforce monitoring controls over compliance with applicable reporting requirements. Effect: GPA is in noncompliance with applicable reporting requirements. No questioned costs are reported because the inaccuracies did not impact Federal draws. Recommendation: GPA should enforce monitoring controls over compliance with applicable reporting requirements. Responsible program personnel and finance personnel should review reported amounts for accuracy prior to submission. Finding No.: 2022-001, Continued Federal Agency: U.S. Department of the Interior AL Program: 15.875 Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories Federal Award No.: D21AP10226 Area: Reporting Questioned Costs: $0 Views of responsible officials: GPA offers the following corrective action plan to address the issue: GPA personnel responsible for managing federal grant programs and reporting to the grantor agencies will be trained on how to prepare the standard forms required for each grant. Personnel will also be notified and encouraged to attend grants management trainings. An additional layer of review by the Controller, Assistant Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Financial Officer will be added to ensure that the financial data being reported is accurate before these documents can be filed. The Controller, Lenora M. Sanz, will be responsible for providing this training by December 31, 2023.