Finding 480320 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency

Requirement

Questioned Costs

Year

2023

Accepted

2024-08-02

Audit: 316546

Organization: Klamath Watershed Partnership (OR)

Auditor: Molatore Scroggin Peterson & CO LLP

AI Summary

Answer: Klamath Watershed Partnership needs to distribute SF-425 instructions to all employees.
Trend: Ensuring employees understand and follow the SF-425 requirements will reduce errors.
List: Follow up by confirming that all employees have received the instructions and completed the forms correctly.

Finding Text

Recommendation: Klamath Watershed Partnership should provide a copy of the instructions for SF-425 to each employee and require each employee to determine which information is required by the SF-425 instructions or the grant agreement and then complete the forms with only the required information to avoid potential errors.

Corrective Action Plan

Views of responsible officials and planned corrective actions: Management agrees that the reports had inaccuracies that were created by including information that is listed as optional in SF-425 instructions. The staff will avoid reporting optional information in the future.

Other Findings in this Audit

480319 2023-001

Significant Deficiency Repeat
1056761 2023-001

Significant Deficiency Repeat
1056762 2023-002

Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN	Program Name	Expenditures
15.631	Partners for Fish and Wildlife	$1.30M
15.608	Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance	$318,486
10.665	Schools and Roads - Grants to States	$212,472
10.720	Iija Community Wildfire Defense	$2,556