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Finding 2024-004: Identifying the Award and Applicable Requirements
Agency and award: U.S. Department of State - Education and Leadership Development for Young Afghan Women: CFDA No. 19.801
Questioned costs: None.
Criteria: As codified in 2 CFR Part 200.332, requires prime awardees awarded a federal grant to clearly identify to the subrecipient: (1) the award as a subaward at the time of subaward (2) all requirements imposed by the pass-through entity (PTE) on the subrecipient so that the federal award is used in accordance with federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the award and (3) any additional requirements that the PTE imposes on the subrecipient in order for the PTE to meet its own responsibility for the federal award.
Condition: We tested subrecipient awards and found that there were no official subrecipient grant letters identifying the award and its applicable requirements.
Questioned Costs: No questioned costs identified.
Context: This is a condition identified during our testing of the compliance requirements for subrecipient monitoring. This internal control matter could result in noncompliance with certain federal awards.
Cause: Asian University for Women (AUW) identifying the award and applicable requirements and described in 2 CFR section 200.332
Effect: Failure to comply with the 2 CFR section 200.332 requirements may put the grant funding at risk due to noncompliance under the Uniform Guidance.
Recommendation: We recommend management immediately update its procedures to provide subrecipients with official grant letters that include the requirements under 2 CFR section 200.332.
Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: See Corrective Action Plan