[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR34.16]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 34--ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH 
FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B--Post-award Requirements
 
Sec. 34.16  Audits.

    (a) Any recipient that expends $300,000 or more in a year under 
Federal awards shall have an audit made for that year by an independent 
auditor, in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section. The audit 
generally should be made a part of the regularly scheduled, annual audit 
of the recipient's financial statements. However, it may be more 
economical in some cases to have the Federal awards separately audited, 
and a recipient may elect to do so, unless that option is precluded by 
award terms and conditions, or by Federal laws or regulations applicable 
to the program(s) under which the awards were made.
    (b) The auditor shall determine and report on whether:
    (1) The recipient has an internal control structure that provides 
reasonable assurance that it is managing Federal awards in compliance 
with Federal laws and regulations, and with the terms and conditions of 
the awards.
    (2) Based on a sampling of Federal award expenditures, the recipient 
has complied with laws, regulations, and award terms that may have a 
direct and material effect on Federal awards.
    (c) The recipient shall make the auditor's report available to DoD 
Components whose awards are affected.
    (d) The requirement for an annual independent audit is intended to 
ascertain the adequacy of the recipient's internal financial management 
systems and to curtail the unnecessary duplication and overlap that 
usually results when Federal agencies request audits of individual 
awards on a routine basis. Therefore, a grants officer:
    (1) Shall consider whether the independent audit satisfies his or 
her requirements, before requesting any additional audits; and
    (2) When requesting an additional audit, shall:
    (i) Limit the scope of such additional audit to areas not adequately 
addressed by the independent audit.
    (ii) Coordinate the audit request with the Federal agency with the 
predominant fiscal interest in the recipient, as the agency responsible 
for the scheduling and distribution of audits. If DoD has the 
predominant fiscal interest in the recipient, the Defense Contract 
Management Command (DCMC) is responsible for monitoring audits, ensuring 
resolution of audit findings, and distributing audit reports. When an 
additional audit is requested and DoD has the predominant fiscal 
interest in the recipient, DCMC shall, to the extent practicable, ensure 
that the additional audit builds upon the independent audit or other 
audits performed in accordance with this section.
    (e) There may be instances in which Federal auditors have recently 
performed audits, are performing audits, or are planning to perform 
audits, of a recipient. In these cases, the recipient and its Federal 
cognizant agency should seek to have the non-Federal, independent 
auditors work with the Federal auditors to develop a coordinated audit 
approach, to minimize duplication of audit work.
    (f) Audit costs (including a reasonable allocation of the costs of 
the audit of the recipient's financial statement, based on the relative 
benefit to the Government and the recipient) are allowable costs of DoD 
awards.