Make this the year your repeat finding closes.
Awardstone keeps every federal award report on time, every sign-off on record and every corrective action moving, so your Summary Schedule of Prior Audit Findings finally reads fully corrected.
For local governments, school districts and nonprofits with a Single Audit.
- Finding
- 2024-003
- First reported
- Fiscal year 2023
- Program
- ALN 14.218 Community Development Block Grant
- Requirement
- Reporting
- Condition
- Quarterly financial reports were submitted after the due date.
- Corrective action
- Every required report on one calendar, with a named reviewer who signs before submission.
The same findings come back every year.
We read the Federal Audit Clearinghouse filings for organizations like yours. Repeat findings are common, and most of them are process problems, not accounting problems.
reported a repeat finding on federal reporting or allowable costs.
of the repeat reporting findings we sampled involved reports filed late or not filed at all.
of organizations still carrying a repeat finding were not low-risk auditees.
For a low-risk auditee, major programs are tested on at least 20% of federal expenditures instead of 40% (2 CFR 200.518). Material weaknesses or modified opinions on major programs in either of the two prior audits keep an organization off that list (2 CFR 200.520). Fewer programs tested usually means a smaller audit.
Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse, audit years 2024 and 2025. Local governments, school districts and nonprofits with $1.5 million to $15 million in federal expenditures.
Why the finding comes back
The corrective action plan says the right things. The finance office still runs on the same inbox, the same spreadsheet and the same two people.
Due dates live in award letters.
Every award has its own reports, cadence and portal. Nobody holds the whole list in one place.
Reports go out with one signature.
No second person ties the numbers to the ledger before the report is submitted.
Certifications are chased after the period closes.
Semi-annual time and effort certifications get collected when the auditor asks for them.
The plan lives in a Word file.
The corrective action plan is reopened at fieldwork instead of worked between audits.
One place for every award, report and signature.
Awardstone works from the exports you already run. No accounting system replacement, no integration project.
Every report for every award, on one calendar
Load the awards from your schedule of expenditures once. Awardstone lists each required report with its due date, preparer and reviewer, and reminds them before it is late.
| Award | Report | Due | Prepared by | Reviewed by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALN 16.738Byrne JAG | SF-425, quarterly | Oct 30 | M. Ortiz | J. Patel | Filed, both signed |
| ALN 97.036FEMA Public Assistance | Quarterly progress report | Oct 30 | R. Chen | J. Patel | Awaiting review |
| ALN 20.205Highway Planning and Construction | Final invoice | Nov 14 | R. Chen | J. Patel | Draft |
| ALN 14.218CDBG Entitlement | Annual performance report | Dec 29 | A. Brooks | Not assigned | Needs a reviewer |
Findings tracked until they are fully corrected
Your findings come in from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse by reference number. Give each corrective action an owner and a date, and Awardstone drafts the Summary Schedule of Prior Audit Findings from where things stand.
| Finding | Requirement | First reported | Owner | Corrective action | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-001 | Allowable costsTime and effort | FY 2022 | Payroll lead | Certifications signed every January and July | Partially corrected |
| 2024-003 | Reporting | FY 2023 | Grants accountant | Calendar live, reviewer on every report | Fully corrected |
| 2024-004 | Equipment | FY 2024 | Facilities manager | Physical inventory scheduled for May | Not corrected |
Time and effort, signed on schedule
Semi-annual certifications and personnel activity reports built from your payroll export. Employees and supervisors sign on any device, with reminders before the period closes.
Equipment counted every two years
Walk the building with a phone, photograph each tagged item and reconcile to your register.
A record your auditor can test
Every version, signature and date is locked and logged. Pull it up at fieldwork instead of rebuilding it.
Procurement files that pass
Every federally funded purchase gets its file: quotes, the procurement method, the SAM.gov exclusion check and the required contract clauses, signed and locked.
Get your free Corrective Action Kit.
Built right here from your Single Audit in the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Nothing to upload, nothing to wait for.
Find your organization.
Search by name. We pull your latest audit, findings and federal awards.
Tell us who you are.
A few quick questions so we know who to follow up with.
Your kit opens on this page.
Your findings, a draft schedule of prior audit findings for your next audit, an award reporting worksheet and, if your audit cites allowable costs, a time and effort certification template. Print it or download it.
Where should we follow up?
Made for public finance offices.
- Designed to WCAG 2.1 AA, ahead of the ADA Title II deadlines.
- Employee and award data only. No student records.
- Every sign-off is versioned, locked and logged.
- Runs beside your accounting system on the exports you already produce.
- You prepare and certify. Your auditor tests. We are not an audit firm.
- Nothing to install. Support by email.
Pricing
$4,800 for the first year
Every module, data import and setup included. Priced to fit most small-purchase thresholds.
Billed annually by invoice or purchase order. Prefer monthly? $450 a month by card.
Get the free kit firstQuestions finance directors ask
Does this replace our auditor or consultant?
No. Awardstone is your system of record. Your auditor tests what it produces, the same way they test a spreadsheet, with every signature and date attached.
Do we have to change our accounting system?
No. Export award, ledger and payroll data the way you do today and import it. There is no integration project.
What do you need from us for the free kit?
Your organization name and who to follow up with. The kit is built on this page from your audit in the Federal Audit Clearinghouse, so there is nothing to upload.
Who can see our data?
Only the people you invite. Payroll data is limited to the fields that time and effort certifications need.
Find your organization. Your kit opens on this page.
Free Corrective Action Kit, built from your own audit.
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