Category: Audit

  • Significant Emory HIPAA Policy Changes: Effective September 1, 2016

    As previously announced, significant Emory HIPAA policy changes were to be effective pending changes to the HIPAA sections of our electronic IRB submission system.  The testing is concluded, and the effective date of the updated HIPAA policy will be September 1, 2016.  All studies created on or after this date will fall under the updated…

  • Office of Research Administration Newsletter’s New Web Address

    In 2013 the Office of Research Administration Newsletter was transitioned to an online format using one of Emory’s web tools.  This year, we were asked to move our newsletter to a new institutional tool.  This task is complete.  The July/August 2014 edition of Emory’s Research Administration Newsletter is available at:  https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/ranews.  Please update any bookmarks…

  • Audit News

    This is the thirteenth in a series of newsletter abstracts of audits to bring you up to date with what is happening in the Federal audit arena. Please note that there is a considerable lag between when an audit occurred and when the audit report is published. University of Illinois – Urbana – March 27,…

  • Audit News

    This is the twelfth in a series of newsletter abstracts of audits to bring you up to date with what is happening in the Federal audit arena. Please note there is considerable lag between when an audit occurred and when the audit report is published. University of Arizona – March 25, 2008 Audit Agency: NSF-OIG…

  • Audit News

    This is the eleventh in a series of newsletter abstracts of audits to bring you up to date with what is happening in the Federal audit arena. Please not there is a considerable lag between when the audit occurred and when the audit report is published. University of California – Berkeley – March 3, 2008…

  • Audit News

    This is the tenth in a series of newsletter abstracts of audits to bring you up to date with what is happening in the Federal audit arena. Please note there is a considerable lag between when an audit occurred and when the audit report is published. University of Utah Audit – November 15, 2007 Audit…

  • Audit News

    This is the ninth in a series of newsletter abstracts of audits to bring you up to date with what is happening in the Federal audit arena. Please note that there is a considerable lag between when an audit occurred and when the audit report is published. Brandeis University Audit – September 6, 2007 Audit…

  • Audit News

    This is the eighth in a series of newsletter abstracts of audits to bring you up to date in what is happening in the Federal audit arena. Please note there is a considerable lag between when an audit occurred and when the audit report is published. Duke University Audit – January 21, 2009 Audit Agency:…

  • Laptop Disallowance in Recent Federal Audit

    Rest in peace, laptops. As a result of a recent audit at Duke University, the charging of laptop computers has come under scrutiny. In the Duke audit, one of the disallowed costs was a laptop costing $3,364 plus F&A of $1,817 totaling $5,181. the sum represented 13.3% of the disallowed costs. Because it was a…

  • Audit News

    This is the seventh in a series of newsletter abstracts of audits to bring you up to date with what is happening in the Federal audit arena. this month we have an audit of the University of Puerto Rico. Please note there is a considerable lag between when an audit occurs and when the audit…