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OMB A-133

OMB Circular A-133 is a huge intensive United States federal government

guide which is created by the Office of Management and Budget. It

establishes requirements for audits of States, local governments, and Indian

tribal governments which manage Federal financial assistance programs and

Federal grant programs. In 1985, OMB Circular A-128, “Audits of States and

Local Governments” was issued by the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB). Then, in 1990, OMB Circular A-133, “Audits of Institutions Of Higher

Education and Other Non-Profit Organizations”, was issued to extend the

process of the single audit to nonprofit organizations. In 1996, the Single Audit

Act Amendments was signed by the president, which issued the …show more content…

These compliance requirements as a Supplement,

provides large amounts of information for auditors to know about the Federal

program’s objectives, procedures, and compliance requirements relevant to

audit objectives and audit procedures. Without the Supplement, it will ask

auditors to spend a lot of time on researching laws and regulations for the

audit requirements of each program that are essential to Federal

Government’s regulations and have significant effects on the programs. Thus,

using the Supplement of OMB Circular A-133 is a convenient and efficient

way for auditors to perform audits on these programs.

OMB Circular A-133 states that Federal agencies should annually inform

any update of the Supplement to OMB. To inform the update, the Federal

agencies must provide OMB with the current information of program

objectives, procedures, compliance requirements and noncompliance

requirements which are essential and necessary to the Federal programs. On

the other hand, auditors should be aware of the periodical changes in the laws

and regulations which might happen between the changes and revisions to

the Supplement of OMB A-133. Furthermore, auditors should know that

provisions of contracts and grant agreements which make changes in small

details that may not be recorded as laws or regulations, so

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