Updates from the FAC
To help you understand our work, we’ll provide regular updates on the work we’re doing and what’s next.
The Federal Audit Clearinghouse team works in the open. Our day-to-day task board can be found on Github and prior updates are available in our archive.
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Week of June 10
Security testing
The FAC completed our compliance-required security testing earlier this month and received a positive report from our oversight body. With this testing complete, the FAC has now done the majority of our Authorization to Operate (ATO) assessment. We're now working with our assessment team to complete the remaining documentation requirements. The ATO process identifies areas of potential security risk and ensures we've taken steps to reduce or eliminate those risks. It also documents our policies for keeping the FAC up-to-date. You can read more about the ATO process on digital.gov.
Historical data migration
The team is closing in on final remediation for the historical audits that failed initial migration. These audits have a variety of data quality issues that don't meet the FAC's validation standards. For example, some historical audits are missing contact information for certifying officials; others incorrectly report total federal program expenditures. We follow a standardized process to address each of these issues. First, we describe the issue and analyze its prevalence in the dataset. Next, the team brainstorms ways to fix the issue, such as calculating the correct total for a summary field or using a placeholder value where information is missing. Finally, we apply the remediation to the problematic data. If you would like to learn more, visit this GitHub issue where we are tracking the work.
Fixes and improvements
While the ATO team conducted the security testing, our engineering team continued to work on bug fixes and other site improvements. In the last month, the team:
- added a timer to the search results page
- improved accessibility testing
- fixed a bug related to sorting search results by cog/over
For more information on these fixes and more, see the FAC's June 6th release.
General updates
For grantees and auditors
At this time, the FAC is not accepting submissions for Alternative Compliance Examination Engagements (ACEE).
Join the Grants Community Listserv for Non-Federal stakeholders to receive FAC announcements and other Federal grants updates. To subscribe to the Non-Federal grants community listserv, email grantscommunity-subscribe-request@listserv.gsa.gov with the subject line "Subscribe".
For Federal awarding agencies
Join the Grants Community Listserv for Federal stakeholders to receive FAC announcements and other Federal grants updates. To subscribe to the Federal grants community listserv, email grantsfed-subscribe-request@listserv.gsa.gov with the subject line "Subscribe".
At this time, the FAC is not accepting submissions for Alternative Compliance Examination Engagements (ACEE).
Join the Grants Community Listserv for Non-Federal stakeholders to receive FAC announcements and other Federal grants updates. To subscribe to the Non-Federal grants community listserv, email grantscommunity-subscribe-request@listserv.gsa.gov with the subject line "Subscribe".
For Federal awarding agencies
Join the Grants Community Listserv for Federal stakeholders to receive FAC announcements and other Federal grants updates. To subscribe to the Federal grants community listserv, email grantsfed-subscribe-request@listserv.gsa.gov with the subject line "Subscribe".
Join the Grants Community Listserv for Federal stakeholders to receive FAC announcements and other Federal grants updates. To subscribe to the Federal grants community listserv, email grantsfed-subscribe-request@listserv.gsa.gov with the subject line "Subscribe".