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Vermont Office of the State Auditor
COVID-19 Audit Provisions
Memorandum: The Office requests the legislature add an explicit requirement in all future bills authorizing the expenditure of COVID-19 funds. The State Auditor’s Office must have access to records that relate to eligibility for and use of economic recovery grant funds.
Vermont Office of the State Auditor
S.350 Memo
Memorandum: There is desire to inject the CARES Act funding into the community as soon as possible. However, some aspects of this bill raise concerns about risk that deserve your consideration. Creating the program and appropriating $50 million before the Tax Department has established “a formula for determining the amount of grant awards” is a significant delegation of authority without any guidance.
Vermont Office of the State Auditor
Proposed Vermont Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program
Memorandum: The recently issued U.S. Treasury Coronavirus Relief Fund FAQ1 has implications for the Governor’s proposed Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. As proposed, the Vermont EIDL program to be administered by the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) establishes a perpetual revolving loan fund. However, the FAQ indicates that all loan repayments subsequent to December 30, 2020 must be returned to the U.S. Treasury.
California, San Jose Office of the City Auditor
Preliminary Review of Controls to Document COVID-19 Recovery Costs
We recommend that the City Council accept the City Auditor’s interim report on the status of internal controls for documenting COVID-19 related costs to support receipt of emergency public assistance grants through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
District of Columbia Office of the Auditor
COVID-19 Federal Funding Streams Available to the District of Columbia
To assist the Council of the District of Columbia in its oversight responsibilities during the Coronavirus public health emergency, the Office of the D.C. Auditor (ODCA) has compiled the following letter report, COVID-19 Federal Funding Streams Available to the District of Columbia, a summary of federal funding available to states and, in some cases, to cities, in recently enacted legislation including the following
Vermont Office of the State Auditor
Office of the State Auditor’s Focus on COVID-19 Expenditures
Memorandum: Auditor Office has begun to examine the State's distribution and spending of more than $1.3 billion of federal funding that has been or is expected to be received via the federal pandemic response/stimulus acts – including the CARES Act.
Vermont Office of the State Auditor
Risk Alert – State Governmental Entities Seeking Small Business Administration Payroll Protection Program Loans
Memorandum: The state recognized that some sheriff departments sought and received loans through SBA. Other state governmental entities may have also received PPP loans or may be considering applying for them.
Louisiana Legislative Auditor
Department of the Treasury: Financial Audit Services Management Letter
As a part of our audit of the State of Louisiana’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and our work related to the Single Audit of the State of Louisiana for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, we performed procedures at the Department of the Treasury to provide assurances on financial information that was significant to the state’s ACFR. The Department of Treasury did not consistently follow its policies and procedures for all grants awarded through the Main Street Recovery Program, which provided reimbursement from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund to eligible Louisiana...
Massachusetts Office of the State Auditor
Audit of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design
In this performance audit, we reviewed financial activity from federal funds provided by the CARES Act and the CRRSAA. The Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) received grant funding under two components of the CARES Act’s Education Stabilization Fund: direct funding from the United States Department of Education (US DOE), provided through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), and funding from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (MDHE), allocated through the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund. Under the CRRSAA, MassArt received direct funding...
Massachusetts Office of the State Auditor
Audit of Worcester State University
The audit examined Worcester State University's (WSU) use of Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund grants received through the CARES Act and CRRSAA. The audit also determined whether users of WSU’s Colleague Finance system (the information system containing financial records used at the university) received cybersecurity awareness training in accordance with standards issued by the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security. Our audit revealed no significant instances of noncompliance by WSU that must be reported.