Audit of USAID’s Food Aid Assistance Under the Liberia Integrated Assistance Program

USAID's Office of Food for Peace follow up on and document the claim status of the marine losses totaling $70,583;

USAID's Office of Food for Peace establish and implement a plan to ensure that all loss data are accurate, updated, and available.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace work with the cooperating sponsor to develop a list of documents that will be retained and ready for verification at each project site and
office, and develop a plan to implement these changes.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace direct the cooperating sponsor to provide a corrected list of project sites with accurate beneficiary numbers.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace establish a process for verifying results reported by the cooperating sponsor.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace team in Liberia establish a process for verifying the accuracy of commodity status reports before submitting them to the regional office in Dakar.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace work with the cooperating sponsor to correct the deficiencies noted at the warehouses in Gbarnga and Bopolu.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace and the cooperating sponsor establish a staffing plan to ensure that enough qualified staff are available to monitor and evaluate the program that will follow the Liberia Integrated Assistance Program.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace work with the cooperating sponsor to confirm that the deposit of $103,000 on April 23, 2008, in the cooperating sponsor's operating account was used properly;

USAID's Office of Food for Peace work with the cooperating sponsor to prepare reconciliations for the three bank statements that were not available;

USAID's Office of Food for Peace work with the cooperating sponsor to establish a process for the timely reconciliation of all bank statements.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace develop an incentive or compensation plan for the volunteer health educators for the program that follows the Liberia Integrated Assistance Program.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace develop a plan of action to review all indicators and targets to ensure that the targets established are realistic and agreed on by USAID and the cooperating sponsor for the program that follows the Liberia Integrated Assistance Program.

USAID's Office of Food for Peace develop an action plan to ensure that enough USAIDmarked bags are provided to the cooperating sponsor;

USAID's Office of Food for Peace develop an action plan to ensure that the
cooperating sponsor follows marking and branding requirements.