Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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1-1 | Yes | $47,161,537 | $0 | ||
Treasury OIG follow-up with Utah's management to confirm if the $40,308,738 noted as unsupported expenditures within the Contracts greater than or equal to $50,000, Grants greater than or equal to $50,000, Transfers greater than or equal to $50,000, Aggregate Reporting less than $50,000, and Aggregate Payments to Individuals payment types can be supported. If support is not provided, Treasury OIG should recoup the funds or request Utah management to provide support for replacement expenses, not previously charged, that were eligible during the CRF period of performance$50,000, Transfers greater than or equal to $50,000, Aggregate Reporting less than $50,000, and Aggregate Payments to Individuals payment types can be supported. If support is not provided, Treasury OIG should recoup the funds or request Utah management to provide support for replacement expenses, not previously charged, that were eligible during the CRF period of performance. | |||||
1-2 | Yes | $0 | $0 | ||
Treasury OIG request Utah management to provide support for replacement expenses, not previously charged, that were eligible during the CRF period of performance for the $6,852,799 of ineligible costs charged to the Contracts greater than or equal to $50,000, Grants greater than or equal to $50,000, Transfers greater than or equal to $50,000, and Aggregate Payments to Individuals payment types. If support is not provided, Treasury OIG should recoup the funds. Further, based on Utah's responsiveness to Treasury OIG's requests and its ability to provide sufficient documentation and/or replace unsupported and ineligible transactions charged to CRF with valid expenditures, Castro recommends Treasury OIG determine the feasibility of conducting an audit for the Contracts greater than or equal to $50,000, Grants greater than or equal to $50,000, Transfers greater than or equal to $50,000, Aggregate Reporting less than $50,000, and Aggregate Payments to Individuals payment types. | |||||
2-1 | Yes | $0 | $0 | ||
Treasury's Office of Capital Access should follow-up on any CRF specific questioned costs reported in the fiscal year 2020, 2021, and 2022 Single Audit reports. | |||||
3-1 | Yes | $0 | $0 | ||
Treasury OIG follow-up with Utah's management to determine the feasibility of performing additional follow-up with Utah to determine if there were other instances of unsupported costs within the $8,471,021 remaining, untested balance. | |||||
4-1 | Yes | $0 | $0 | ||
Treasury OIG follow-up with Utah's management to determine the feasibility of performing additional follow-up with Utah to determine if there were other instances of unsupported balances within the advertising campaigns created through a third-party vendor. | |||||
5-1 | Yes | $0 | $0 | ||
Treasury OIG follow-up with Utah and request Utah to perform an analysis over all of their GrantSolutions portal reported balances to determine if there were other instances of subscription costs included in the CRF reported expenditures and review those expenditures to determine if there were other instances of subscription costs that extended past September 30, 2022. | |||||
6-1 | Yes | $0 | $0 | ||
Treasury OIG determine the feasibility of performing additional follow-up with Utah to determine if there were other instances of unsupported costs within the other two awards issued under the Thrive 125 program. | |||||
7-1 | Yes | $0 | $0 | ||
Treasury OIG determine the feasibility of performing additional follow-up with Utah to determine if there were other instances of unsupported grants within the amount of $1,790,107 not tested by Castro. | |||||
8-1 | Yes | $0 | $0 | ||
Treasury OIG determine the feasibility of performing additional follow-up to determine if there were other instances of unsupported costs and ineligible bonuses within the remainder of the amount categorized as non-substantially dedicated payroll. |