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Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Financial Assistance Listing: 14.218 Program Name: CDBG Entitlement Grants Cluster Award No. and Year: 2021 B-21-MC-0607 and 2020 B-20-MW-06-0607 Compliance Requirement: Reporting Type of Finding: Material Weakness in Internal Control over Compliance, Instance of Non-compliance Criteria: 2 CFR 200.329(b) requires that reports submitted to the federal awarding agency include all activity of the reporting period, are supported by applicable accounting or performance records, and are fairly presented in accordance with program requirements. For direct recipients of grants or cooperative agreements who make first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more are required to register in the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) Subaward Reporting System (FSRS) and report subaward date through FSRS. The City must report the following items: ? All subaward obligations/modifications that have been reported ? Subaward date ? Subrecipient DUNS number ? Amount of subaward ? Subaward obligation/action date ? Date of report submission ? Subaward number Condition: FFATA reporting was not completed through FSRS. Cause: The City?s internal controls did not ensure the FFATA reporting was completed in accordance with governing requirements. Effect: Information was not reported to the federal awarding agency. Questioned Costs: None reported. Context/Sampling: The entire population of one subrecipient who received in excess of $30,000 was selected for testing. Repeat Finding from Prior Year: No Recommendation: We recommend the City enhance internal controls to ensure FFATA reporting is prepared in accordance with program requirements. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees. See separately issued Corrective Action Plan.