Terms of Use

These terms cover your use of seevane.com and anything you buy from Vane. Vane is operated by Alex Wambura in Arlington, Virginia ("Vane," "we," "us"). By using the site, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

What Vane is

Vane prepares readiness reports on federal grant programs for organizations that have a Single Audit. A report covers the programs you tell us your auditors picked: the risk areas on each program, the specific problems behind past findings, what is tested this year, recent rule changes, and a checklist to work through before fieldwork.

Vane is not an audit and is not your auditor. It does not determine whether your organization complies with any law, regulation or grant requirement. It is not legal, accounting or audit advice.

No promised outcomes

A report helps you prepare. It does not promise any audit result. Following a report or checklist does not guarantee that your audit will have no findings, and your auditor decides what to test and what to report.

Where the information comes from

Reports are built from public Single Audit filings in the Federal Audit Clearinghouse and from published federal rules and guidance. Those sources can contain errors, and rules can change after a report is delivered. We work to keep reports accurate and current, but we do not guarantee that any report is complete, current or error-free.

Paid reports and plans

• Price. Prices are shown on the site before you order. We email you a payment link, or you can pay by purchase order. Nothing is charged on the site itself.
• Delivery. We deliver reports, plan grades and policy reviews by email within 3 business days of payment and of receiving anything we need from you.
• Founding offer. The founding offer covers one fiscal year and includes readiness reports for up to 3 programs, up to 5 corrective action plan grades, and up to 5 policy reviews. You may renew for the next fiscal year at the same price.
• Plan grade credit. If you buy a standalone corrective action plan grade and then buy the founding offer within 30 days, we credit the full price of the plan grade toward it.
• Refunds. If we don't deliver within 3 business days, or a report contains an error we can confirm and cannot fix within 3 business days of your notice, we will refund you in full. Email alex@seevane.com to request a refund. Because reports are digital, we don't otherwise offer refunds once a report has been delivered.
• Use. A report is for your organization's internal use. You may share it with your board, staff, auditors and advisors. Please don't resell it or publish it in full.

Paying with grant funds

Some organizations pay for services like ours with federal award funds. Whether that is allowed depends on your award terms and your own policies. Check with your grants office first. We don't guarantee that any cost is allowable.

Documents you send us

For plan grades and policy reviews, you send us your corrective action plans or written policies. You confirm that you are allowed to share them with us. Please don't send personal information about individuals, such as student records, Social Security numbers or employee files. We don't need it. We use what you send only to do the work you ordered, and we delete it 30 days after delivery.

How you may use the site

You may read, share and link to pages on Vane. Please don't:

• Copy the site or its content in bulk, or use automated tools to download large parts of it, without our written permission.
• Present anything from Vane as an audit result or an official determination.
• Try to break, overload or get around the security of the site.

Our content

The site's design, text, code and reports belong to Vane. The underlying audit filings and federal rules are public records, and nothing in these terms limits your right to use public records from their original sources.

Limitation of liability

The site and reports are provided "as is." To the fullest extent the law allows, Vane is not liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential damages, or for any decision you make based on the site or a report. If Vane is found liable to you for anything, our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or $100 if you paid nothing.

Changes

We may update these terms. The effective date at the top shows when they last changed. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Contact

alex@seevane.com