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Finding 2022-001 Programmatic Reporting Information on the Federal Program: Assistance Listing #98.001 USAID Foreign Assistance forPrograms Overseas Criteria or Specific Requirement (Including Statutory, Regulatory, or Other Citation): 200.328 Monitoring and reporting program performance (b)(1) states that ?The non-Federal entity must submit performance reports at the interval required by the Federal awarding agency?. Condition: As part of our compliance audit over Global Communities programmatic reporting requirements under the major program, we noted numerous instances in which programmatic reports were not submitted to the federal agency by the deadline stated in the grant agreements. In some cases, reports were submitted as much as two months after the deadline. Ultimately, all reports were completed and accepted by the donor. Cause: The delay in report submissions was caused by an oversight in the programmatic department. Effect or Potential Effect: Late program report submissions result in delays of program monitoring and evaluation. Questioned Costs: N/A Context: As a federal award recipient, Global Communities is responsible for oversight of the operations of the Federal award supported activities. Global Communities must monitor its activities under Federal awards to assure compliance with applicable Federal requirements and performance expectations are being achieved. Federal awards require varying programmatic reports to be submitted according to the timeframe stated in the grant agreement. Identification as a Repeat Finding, if Applicable: N/A Recommendation: We recommend that Global Communities review its policies and procedures and strengthen internal controls to ensure that all programmatic reports are submitted to the donor by the deadlines stipulated in the terms of the agreement.