Houston, TX
United States
Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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Finding1Rec.2 | Yes | $21,513 | $0 | ||
Direct UH to provide documentation that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $21,513 in questioned conference, travel, and workshop costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF. | |||||
Finding2Rec.1 | Yes | $17,787 | $0 | ||
Resolve the $17,787 in questioned conference, supply, currency conversion, and publication expenses for which UH has not agreed to reimburse NSF and direct UH to repay or otherwise remove the sustained questioned costs from its NSF awards. | |||||
Finding2Rec.2 | Yes | $19,790 | $0 | ||
Direct UH to provide documentation that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $19,790 in questioned fringe, conference, airfare, parking, and lodging costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF. | |||||
Finding2Rec.8 | Yes | $0 | $0 | ||
Direct UH to establish clear guidance regarding the allowability of publication expenses. | |||||
Finding4Rec.2 | Yes | $3,306 | $0 | ||
Direct UH to provide documentation that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $3,306 of questioned costs that it has agreed to reimburse. | |||||
Finding5Rec.1 | Yes | $9,954 | $0 | ||
Direct UH to provide documentation that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $9,954 in questioned costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF. | |||||
Finding6Rec.1 | Yes | $1,707 | $0 | ||
Direct UH to provide documentation that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $1,707 of questioned costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF. | |||||
Finding7Rec.3 | Yes | $0 | $0 | ||
Direct UH to strengthen its administrative and management procedures surrounding effort reporting. Processes could include: a. Implementing automated controls that notify the Office of Contracts and Grants of any effort charged to sponsored projects that was not certified within the required reporting window. b. Updating its current effort-reporting policies to require that personnel certify their effort within 90 days of the end of a quarterly reporting period. |