FY23 A.I. The Federal Grant Single Act Audit: Top 10 Audit Findings

This session will examine the top 10 audit findings gathered from various certified public accounting practices who specialize in grant audits. Listen in as the presenter reviews the results from years of audits that discovered findings related to general processing and misalignment with 2 CFR 200. Learn from the most common mistakes and use this information to enhance your own corrective action plan to prevent such findings in your district and become more accountable with building an indestructible grants management process.

The three learning objectives:

LO1: Identify key stakeholders associated with a district audit.

LO2: Examine what to look for in your grants management process to ensure a successful audit.

LO3: Identify the critically important items needed on your grants management checklist.

Howard Barber

Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations

Old Rochester Regional School District

Howard (Howie) Barber is a CPA for 25 years and has been a school business official for 15+ years. He is currently in his 3rd year as the Assistant Superintendent of Finance & Operations with the Old Rochester Regional School District & Mass School Superintendency Union #55. Howie is also an owner / president of a public CPA firm for 15+ years. He is an active member of MASBO, having served on the Board of Directors of MASBO & Past President, was the Chair of Strategic Plan Development Committee, previous Lecturer of the Massachusetts Education Licensure Program, along with many other organization functions; as well as ASBO International currently serving on the ASBOI Editorial Advisory Committee, Presenter for Transportation and Covid Impacted Operations, Committee Planning Member for ACE, and member of the Boot Camp Planning team and Chaired the Finance Resource Management Task Group.