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Criteria: Under the requirements of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, recipients of grants or cooperative agreements are required to report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System. The intent is to empower every American with the ability to hold the government accountable for each spending decision. The end result is to reduce wasteful spending in the government.Condition/context: We selected the University?s only subrecipient for testing and found the University did not report its first-tier subaward of $57,653 to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System.Our sample was not, and was not intended to be, statistically valid.Questioned costs: None.Cause/Effect: Due to the turnover in the business office, the University did not know there was a requirement to report subrecipients to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System. The required information is not included in the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System and as such limits the public?s ability to search for this federal award via the single, searchable website.Repeat finding: NoRecommendation: We recommend the University create an internal control to ensure all first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more are properly reported to the Federal Funding Accountability andTransparency Act Subaward Reporting System.Views of responsible officials and planned corrective actions: Heritage University will ensure that all first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more are appropriately reported to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System, with establishing internal control.