Finding 61225 (2022-004)

Identification of the Federal Program: U.S. Department of Agriculture ? Community Facilities Loans and Grants Cluster, Community Facilities Loans and Grants ? 10.766 Criteria: The Partnership must establish and maintain effective internal control over federal awards that provides reasonable assurance that the Partnership is managing the federal awards in compliance with federal statutes, regulations and terms and conditions of the federal award. 2 CFR 200.327 and 2 CFR 200.328 require the auditee to collect financial information and monitor its activities under federal awards to assure compliance with applicable federal requirements and performance expectations are being achieved and report these items in accordance with program requirements. Terms and conditions of the federal award require the audited financial statements to be provided to the federal agency annually within 150 days of fiscal year-end, as well as quarterly internal financial statements. Condition: The Partnership did not submit the audited financial statements within the prescribed period or request an extension and did not submit any quarterly reports to the federal agency. The Partnership was not asked for the information after they failed to submit it. The audited financial statements are readily available to the federal agency through the federal clearinghouse website. Cause: The Partnership did not provide the required information. Effect: The required reports were not submitted to the federal agency. Questioned Costs: None reported. Context: Sampling was not used. All required reports were tested for compliance. Recommendation: We recommend that management implement procedures to ensure that the required financial reports are submitted in a timely manner in accordance with the terms and conditions of the federal award. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. See Corrective Action Plan.