Part 6 - Federal & Tribal Responsibilities, provides detailed information on the role of the Federal Awarding Official, Grant Management Specialist, and Indian tribes (and tribal organizations) relative to annual audits. This presentation culminates the previous instruction, and puts the lessons learned to the actual application; and what the federal Awarding Official’s role and responsibilities are relative to audits, non-compliance issues, disallowed costs, and issuing a management decision. It explains tribal audit requirements and the appeals rights of tribes. It references the BIA Single Audit Handbook which prescribes the responsibilities and timeframes that Awarding Officials must use in addressing audit issues. It concludes by offering recommendations to tribes in preparation for the upcoming audits, what to prepare; what to do during the audit; and the pitfalls to look out for.