Summer Food Service Program in Texas—Sponsor Costs

Direct the State agency to determine if the other nine sponsors claimed $33,397 in nonreimbursable meals identified by our audit. The State agency should recover any amount it determines is unallowable.

Advise the State agency to revise current procedures to expand how it searches for duplicate sites (for example, using the Excel fuzzy duplicates function), retain information on all duplicate sites identified, and document any corresponding actions taken.

Advise the State agency to develop and implement an edit check or input control within TX-UNPS, or other mitigating control, that flags any overlapping meal times and requires justification prior to approval of a sponsor's application.

Request the State agency to develop a system security plan for TX-UNPS using the risk assessment and recommendations provided by Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) and aligned with the agency specific security plan. Implement application security controls to mitigate vulnerabilities to the system and improve data integrity.

Request that the State agency work with its third-party vendor to ensure implementation of applicable security controls identified through its assessment.