Audit identified three material weaknesses, 16 significant deficiencies
FRANKFORT, Ky. – On Thursday March 22, 2018 Auditor Mike Harmon released the second volume of the annual Statewide Single Audit of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (SSWAK) for Fiscal Year 2017.
Volume two of the SSWAK covers compliance with federal requirements for federal awards, and contains 19 findings regarding the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), Department of Workforce Investment (DWI), and the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE). Eight of the findings are repeats from the SSWAK Volume II audit for Fiscal Year 2016, and two findings are carryovers from the SSWAK Volume I audit for Fiscal Year 2017 released in February.
“Our office is committed to making sure all cabinets and agencies within state government are compliant when it comes to the Commonwealth’s use of federal taxpayer dollars,” Auditor Harmon said. “I urge leadership at the cabinets and agencies identified in this year’s SSWAK report to review our findings, and implement our recommendations. We owe it to the people of Kentucky to be good fiscal stewards of the dollars they provide.”
Kentucky spent over $12.42 billion in cash and noncash awards received from the federal government in FY 17, which is an increase of $90.7 million compared to federal funds spent by the Commonwealth during Fiscal Year 2016. The 2017 SSWAK Volume II has questioned costs related to federal funds of more than $663,000.
The report, along with the responses to the findings, can be found on the auditor’s website.
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