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Finding 2023-004 – Reporting (Significant Deficiency and Noncompliance)
Information on the federal program: U.S. Department of Education, Assistance listing # 84.425 Education Stabilization Fund
Criteria: 2 CFR 200.328-300 establish requirements for designing and monitoring internal controls over reporting requirements of a non-federal entity. Controls should be implemented to ensure accurate and complete reporting compliance.
Condition: We selected a sample of 2 reports submitted for the HEERF program during the year. For both the annual and quarterly report examined, there was no documentation of a control such as reviewing and approving the report prior to submission. In addition, the annual report programmatic data source documentation varied from the data reported for several items.
Cause: The College had a team managing the COVID funds due to their unique nature. While they were contact with each other about the program and reports, documentation of a review and approval was not available. The annual report included programmatic accomplishments and the report provided to support the data had several variances.
Effect: The College did not properly implement documentation of internal controls to ensure compliance with reporting requirements.
Questioned Costs: None reported
Recommendation: We recommend the College strengthen its policies and procedures surrounding grant reporting to include documentation of controls such as review and approvals to ensure documentation is retained to support compliance requirements.
Views of Responsible Officials: See Management’s View and Corrective Action Plan included at the end of the report.