0001145549-22-026499.txt : 20220509 0001145549-22-026499.hdr.sgml : 20220509 20220509091045 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-22-026499 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220228 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220509 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220509 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20220509 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Federated Hermes Total Return Government Bond Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000946868 IRS NUMBER: 251772145 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-07309 FILM NUMBER: 22903461 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE CITY: WARRENDALE STATE: PA ZIP: 15086-7561 BUSINESS PHONE: 8003417400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE CITY: WARRENDALE STATE: PA ZIP: 15086-7561 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FEDERATED TOTAL RETURN GOVERNMENT BOND FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20001120 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FEDERATED US GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND 5 10 YEARS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950620 0000946868 S000009063 Federated Hermes Total Return Government Bond Fund C000024616 Institutional Shares FTRGX C000024617 Service Shares FTGSX C000170835 Class R6 Shares FTGLX N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0000946868 XXXXXXXX true false false N-1A true Federated Hermes Total Return Government Bond Fund 811-07309 0000946868 254900J7BB6QK53HY149 Federated Hermes Funds 4000 Ericsson Drive Warrendale 15086-7561 US-PA US 8003417400 Federated Hermes Total Return Government Bond Fund Federated Hermes Funds 4000 Ericsson Drive Warrendale 15086-7561 8003417400 Registrant - All records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. 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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of  
Federated Hermes Total Return Government Bond Fund: 

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Federated Hermes Total Return Government Bond Fund (the “Fund”) (the sole portfolio constituting Federated Hermes Total Return Government Bond Fund (the “Trust”)) as of and for the year ended February 28, 2022, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion. 

The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting.  In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that,  in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.  

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. 

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis.   A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. 

Our consideration of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB.  However, we noted no deficiencies in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of February 28, 2022. 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP 
Boston, Massachusetts
April 22, 2022