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ARRA Impact on State Government and Audit Issues

ARRA Impact on State Government and Audit Issues. Presented by Rich Gilbert and Steve Blake. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Statement of Purpose: To preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery To assist those most impacted by the recession

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ARRA Impact on State Government and Audit Issues

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  1. ARRA Impact on State Government and Audit Issues Presented by Rich Gilbert and Steve Blake

  2. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 Statement of Purpose: • To preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery • To assist those most impacted by the recession • To provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health • To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits. • To stabilize State and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases

  3. South Carolina Action • March 20, 2009 – Governor Sanford signs Executive Order 2009-03 establishing the South Carolina Stimulus Oversight, Accountability and Coordination Task Force • April 9, 2009 – Task Force holds its first meeting • June 29, 2009 Governor Sanford signs Executive Order 2009-09

  4. Financial Impact – South Carolina

  5. ARRA Funded Projects • Medicaid • Fiscal Stabilization Funds • Transportation • Public Housing • Energy

  6. Financial Impact – State Agency Category – Federal Funds Received

  7. Top 5 Agencies Receiving ARRA Funds

  8. ARRA funded programs are consider “High Risk” +ARRA Impact on Single Audit

  9. Recipients must maintain records that identify the source and application of ARRA funds. Recipients must separately identify the ARRA expenditures on the SEFA and Data Collection Form Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA)

  10. Recipients must notify subrecipients of the following: Federal award number, CFDA number and amount of ARRA funds. Subrecipient must separately account for ARRA funds and separately report ARRA expenditures on its SEFA Subrecipient must separately report ARRA expenditures on the SEFA Recipients Responsibility

  11. Major Program identification is the auditor’s responsibility The auditor shall use a risk-based approach to determine which Federal programs are major programs. The auditor shall audit as major programs Federal programs with Federal awards expended that, in the aggregate, encompass at least 50 percent of total Federal awards expended. Major Program Determination

  12. Dollar Threshold – $19,792,452 Major Programs – 21 Qualified Opinion on Compliance – 6 2009 Major Programs

  13. STARS Expenditures – $6,652,392,728 Agency SFFA – $7,731,432,598 Type A Program Range – $19,957,178 to $23,194,298 Major Programs – Type A – 19; Type B - 3 2010 Major Programs

  14. Major Program identification is auditor responsibility Impact on “Large” Loan balances [i.e. FFEL and Direct Lending] Exclude the entire cluster if loan program determined to be large Impact – much lower trigger for Type A program determination. Major Program Determination

  15. Recent Federal Directives • Presidential Executive Memoranda April 10, 2010; “Combating ARRA Reporting Noncompliance” • OMB Memoranda 10-34 “Updated Guidance”

  16. OMB M-10-34 • Guidance on applicability of Recovery Act reporting requirements to Education Jobs • Updated guidance on reporting procedures • Changes for Federal contractors • Improving transparency of narrative descriptions in recipient reporting

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