Current through October 31, 2024
Section 39.411 - How will the auditor report its findings?(a) The auditor selected under § 39.410 must:(1) Provide an initial draft report of its findings to the governing board or responsible Federal official for the school(s) involved; and(2) Solicit, consider, and incorporate a response to the findings, where submitted, in the final audit report.(b) The auditor must submit a final report to the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs and all tribes served by each school involved. The report must include all documented exceptions to the requirements of this part, including those exceptions that: (1) The auditor regards as negligible;(2) The auditor regards as significant, or as evidence of incompetence on the part of responsible officials, and that must be resolved in a manner similar to significant audit exceptions in a fiscal audit; or(3) Involve fraud and abuse.(c) The auditor must immediately report exceptions involving fraud and abuse directly to the Department of the Interior Inspector General's office.