RESEARCH COMPLIANCE & ISSUES
Report on Research Compliance
Volume 12, Number 8
August 2015
Audit/Compliance
Issues
Ask the Experts:
Area of Types of Compliance Requirements for Auditors
The 12 types of compliance requirements auditors test for::
Activities Allowed and Unallowed
Allowable Costs/Cost Principles
Cash Managements
Eligibility
Equipment and Real Property Management
Matching, Effort Reporting, Earmarking
Ms. Fara Damelin, Director,
Period of Performance
Office of Investigations Legal Division,
Procurements and Suspension and Debarments
Office of the Inspector General,
Program Income
National Science Foundation
Reporting
Subrecipient Monitoring
Mr. Kenneth L. Busch,
Special Tests and Provisions
Senior Investigative Scientist,
Office of Inspector General
National Science Foundation
HOW TO AVOID TROUBLE
Read and know the applicable grant conditions, rules and regulations
when receiving federal grant funds:
Provide and Document Training (Mandatory)
Maintain (during, not after the fact) adequate documentation to support
all expenditures
Ensure your financial reporting matches your financial records
Do not expend award funds post-expiration or for purposes unrelated to
the award (COST TRANSFERS)
Do not provide inaccurate information or false certifications to Grantee
institution or Federal Agency
Know and be able to document how you spent federal funds
Information provided at National Sponsored Programs Administrators Alliance ( NSPAA) Technical Assistance Workshop, Arlington, VA, June 2015
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