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Finding 2022-003 ? 84.425 COVID-19 Education Stabilization Fund Federal Agency ? U.S. Department of Education Grant Period ? Year ended August 31, 2022 Criteria ? A requirement of receiving and accepting the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) grant is that quarterly reporting of both the student and institutional portions be made publicly available on the College?s website. There are specific required disclosures for each round of student HEERF grants that must be disclosed, along with the Department of Education?s prescribed institutional quarterly reports. All HEERF institutional quarterly reports and student grant data must remain on the College?s website for a period of three years subsequent to the final annual reporting. Condition ? As part of the audit, we were unable to easily search or locate the required reporting on the College?s website. Effect ? The reports posted and available on the College?s website are not complete, up to date, or easily accessible. The College is not in compliance with the required reporting. Cause ? Over the past couple of years, the college has experienced significant turnover in administrative positions resulting in a lack of knowledge exchange or understanding of the reporting requirements of HEERF. Recommendation ? We recommend the College familiarize themselves with the required elements and update their website disclosures as soon as possible with all information. Certain reports have specific prescribed naming conventions for the reports to be posted. The College should ensure all documents and data are posted and easily accessible on the College?s website. View of Responsible Officials ? We acknowledge that our HEERF webpages do not include the required sections for the three HEERF awards and will be updating them to include all required elements.