Audits and Investigations Presented by: Doug Backman Office of Compliance dbackman@ucf
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AGENDA Introduction & General Overview Types of Audits Types of Investigations Audits Investigations Closing Remarks
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INTRODUCTION & GENERAL OVERVIEW
Audits & Investigations Do audits & investigations have an impact
on the UCF community? Partners, Affiliates & Collaborators Federal agencies willingness to participate Legislative impact Donations impact Community confidence (FL. A&M) Academic & research impact
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TYPES OF AUDITS Audit Types OMB Circular A-133 Federal Desk Audits Agency directed audits Federal pre-award audits State audits UCF Internal Audit programs
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TYPES OF AUDITS OMB Circular A-133 Audits 3 to 4 month review Identify 5 to 10 top research & development
programs Review institutional policies & procedures Review costs in accordance with OMB A-21 Review adherence to administrative regulatory
requirements per OMB A-110 and agency guidelines (solicitation and agency)
Review management structures & procedures
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AUDIT TYPES OMB Circular A-133 Findings are identified & confirmed Findings are listed in a formal document with
CFDA No. and program title and include: Compliance Requirement Finding Type Finding Criteria Condition Cause Effect & Recommendation
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AUDIT TYPES OMB Circular A-133 Institution provides a formal response &
corrective action plan Finding is filed with the State IG’s Federal audit
Clearinghouse Agencies affected by finding(s) contact UCF Formal response to agency (resources & time) Agency and acceptance with implementation
plan.
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AUDIT TYPES Federal Desk Audits Agency notification & purpose of audit Review institutions policies &
procedures Review requested documents Explanation & request for additional
data Findings identified or not Corrective Action Plan requested
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AUDIT TYPES Agency Directed Audits Notification and Purpose Request for policies & procedures Request for a formal response and
corrective action plan Institutional data review and defense Formal Response Changes to institution’s policy & procedures
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AUDIT TYPES Federal Pre-award Audits Notification and purpose Request for policies and procedures Request for budget details: Salary ledgers, pay rates, & CLI Equipment PO competitive quotes Subcontract & consulting quotes with
SOW and budget break-outs Travel destination quotes Budget narrative evaluation Findings & recommendations
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AUDIT TYPES State Audits Notification and Purpose (Federal & State
programs Request for policy & procedures Request for data and documents Request for explanations Finding identification and defense Formal corrective action plan Changes to policy & procedures
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AUDIT TYPES University Internal Audit Notification and Purpose Request for data and documents Explanations and defense Findings identified Corrective action plans Changes to policies & procedures
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AUDITS & INVESTIGATIONS
BREAK TIME
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INVESTIGATION TYPES Research Misconduct Fabrication Falsification Plagiarism Financial - unallowed Costs – institutional
procedures False Claims Administrative - Regulatory procedures Conflict of Interest Financial Conflict of Commitment Nepotism
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INVESTIGATION TYPES Research Misconduct Fabrication – making up data or results and
recording or reporting them Falsification – manipulating research materials,
equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record
Plagiarism – appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results or words without giving appropriate credit
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RESEARCH MISCONDUCT Plagiarism Investigation Process Case Review Inquiry Formal Investigation Notification and referral Institutional Assurance Letter to institution with statement of facts,
findings and examples Letter to Respondent Regulatory responsibilities 45 CFR Part 689
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FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS Unallowed Costs Policies & Procedures Notice and request for information Use of resources Data compilation Clarification and additional data requests Findings and Mitigation Agency Reimbursement
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ADMINISTRATIVE – REGULATORY PROCEDURES
Administrative Investigations Unallowed salary assignment without
agency approval Agency policy and procedures Institution’s policy & procedures Request for hiring procedures policy Request for time & effort documents Findings and declarations - administrative Financial mitigation
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST Financial Conflict of Interest Review employee COI disclosure Investigate outside activities Consulting Corporate Ownership Management position Use of university employees/students Intellectual property License to company Equity ownership in company
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST Financial Conflict of Interest Cont.: Investigate all registered entities
employee is affiliated with: Spouse company Significant other’s entity/company Family member’s entity/company Colleague partnerships Registered but not active entities Officer appointments on a non
compensatory basis Issued IP Licenses to entity/company
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST Financial Conflict of Interest Determine Conflict type: Financial Transactions – State of Florida Financial Conflict – Federal Bias
Principle Mitigate changes Outline penalties for improper
disclosure.
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THANKS FOR JOINING US!See you at the next session:
Research FoundationNovember 20th, 20139:00 am to 11:00 am