Dive Brief:
The Ohio Department of Development failed to report accurate financial results and ensure that Manufacturing Extension Partnership subrecipient expenses were allowable, according to an audit of an MEP award to the ODOD.
The ODOD also did not effectively monitor subrecipients’ compliance with award terms and performance, report on subrecipients as required or verify the accuracy of the Ohio MEP center’s economic impact data, the OIG said.
Based on its findings, the OIG questioned $20.9 million in costs and identified $2.8 million in underreported income. Among other things, it recommended that NIST determine whether additional enforcement action was needed and determine and recover unallowable costs.
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