Audit of USAID's Internally Displaced Persons Activities in Iraq

USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance establish and implement a plan for both OFDA and partner staff to provide performance monitoring and oversight for its awards in Iraq. Such a plan should include, among other actions, regular reviews of partner reports, compliance with award requirements, and random checks to ensure that implementing partners have support for claimed results.

OFDA's agreement officer determine the allowability and collect, as appropriate, the $46,980 in questioned ineligible costs billed by International Medical Corps for Implementation Plan No. 11 under Cooperative Agreement No DFD-A-00-05-00030-00.

OFDA's agreement officer determine the allowability and collect, as appropriate, the $168,080 in questioned ineligible costs billed by Mercy Corps for Project Code DY/145 under Grant No. DFD-G-00-05-00027-00.

OFDA's agreement officer determine the allowability and collect, as appropriate, the $373,021 in questioned ineligible costs billed by Mercy Corps for Project Code DY/161 under Grant No. DFD-G-00-05-00027-00.

OFDA's agreement officer determine the allowability and collect, as appropriate, the $178,409 in questioned ineligible costs billed by Mercy Corps for Project Code DY/171 under Grant No. DFD-G-00-05-00027-00.

USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance provide clear guidance to its implementers on how to count beneficiaries.

USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance perform an immediate review of its portfolio of awards in Iraq and ensure that each award, as appropriate, has an up-to-date, designated agreement officer's technical representative.

USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance prepare an action memorandum to the Director, Office of Acquisition and Assistance, requesting the ratification of $3,150,751 in costs billed by the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development during the period from June 30 to September 30, 2008, under Grant No. DFD-G-00-05-001-6-00.

USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance prepare an action memorandum to the Director, Office of Acquisition and Assistance, requesting the ratification of $455,151 in costs billed by International Medical Corps during the period from March 31 to July 31, 2007, under Grant No. DFD-A-00-05-00030-00.

USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance prepare an action memorandum to the Director, Office of Acquisition and Assistance, requesting the ratification of $1,864,831 in costs billed by International Medical Corps during the period from June 30 to September 30, 2008, under Grant No. DFD-G-00-05-00026-00.

USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance prepare an action memorandum to the Director, Office of Acquisition and Assistance, requesting the ratification of $2,219,896 in costs billed by International Relief and Development, Inc., during the period from June 30 to September 30, 2008, under Grant No. DFD-G-00-05-00028-00.

USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance prepare an action memorandum to the Director, Office of Acquisition and Assistance, requesting the ratification of $2,305,033 in costs billed by Mercy Corps during the period from June 30 to September 30, 2008, under Grant No. DFD-G-00-05-00027-00.