EAC OIG, through the independent public accounting firm of McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC, audited $2.0 million in funds received by the Ohio Secretary of State under the Election Data Collection Grant. The objective of the audit was to identify costs claimed in the grant’s Financial Status Reports that are not allocable, allowable, reasonable, and in conformity with EAC award terms and conditions and applicable Federal grant requirement.
2008 Election Data Collection Grant Program Award Number: 08 EDC-800168 State of Ohio; May 27, 2008, through June 30, 2010
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We recommend that the EAC require the Office to adopt procedures to ensure future calculations of interest earnings on Federal funds be performed in a manner consistent with the methodology used by the Ohio Office of Budget and Management.
We recommend that the EAC address and resolve the following recommendation that the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office implement procedures to ensure that all invoices are in compliance with the agreed upon contractual provisions before being approved for…