National Endowment for the Arts
In review of the annual program appropriations threshold for risk assessment of improper payment, which is either $10 million or 1.5% of $100 million outlay, there is no risk of significant improper payments that met or exceeded the existing appropriations.
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Supplemental Information
Our financial system shared service provider, Enterprise Services Center (ESC) from Department of Transportation, verifies an entity against both the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) and the Internal Revenue Service's taxpayer identification number (TIN) system prior to establishing the entity as a vendor in our financial accounting system. ESC also integrates SAM.gov with our financial system to make sure invoices are matched with goods received, and the payment amount does not exceed the obligated amount.
The Working System has reduced/prevented improper payments:
The Working System strives to maintain accurate data. However, the past year, NEA has identified incorrect information in the Working System Monthly.
NEA was found compliant during the most recent PIIA compliance review.
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Compliant programs:
- Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program
- Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals
- Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements
| Program name | When was the last improper payment risk assessment conducted? | Likely to be susceptible to significant improper payments? | Substantial changes made to the assessment methodology used for the reporting cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program | 2025 |
 No
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| Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals | 2025 |
No
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| Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements | 2025 |
No
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