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We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that NCA corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on page III-2 of the audit report.

We recommend that the Office of Acquisition and Assistance take the following actions: Perform an assessment to identify types of support USAID can provide implementers in a potential future country evacuation to set clear expectations with implementers.

Finalize readiness guidance or tools that outline options of what acquisition and assistance staff can provide to implementers in crisis situations.

We recommend that the Office of Acquisition and Assistance take the following actions: Review the approval process of administrative guidance to implementers and make appropriate changes to streamline it for use in crisis scenarios, for example, by clarifying the role of each reviewer.

We recommend that the Bureau for Asia take the following action: Resolve USAID/Afghanistan access issues to the Synchronized Pre-Deployment and Operational Tracker database.

We recommend that the Bureau for Asia, in coordination for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, take the following actions:

We recommend that the Bureau for Asia, in coordination for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, take the following actions: Document and disseminate to staff with enterprise risk management (ERM) equities, the bureau's ERM governance structure, the roles and responsibilities of each member within the structure, and the bureau's review and assessment process for its assessable units.

We recommend that the Bureau for Asia, in coordination for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, take the following actions: Conduct annual training for staff with ERM equities on the ERM process so that they have sufficient expertise to review and assess subordinate mission risk profiles.

We recommend USAID/ Philippines: Verify that Philippine Business for Education, Inc. corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 29 to 31 of the audit report.

We recommend that USAID/Nigeria verify that Nuru Nigeria corrects the two material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 28 to 30 of the audit report.

We recommend that USAID/Nigeria verify that Nuru Nigeria corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 35 to 36 of the audit report.

USAID/Afghanistan determine the allowability of $11,122,489 ($7,260,631 in unsupported questioned costs and $3,861,858 in unsupported cost share contributions) on pages 29 and 40 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

USAID/Pakistan determine the allowability of $358,627 in questioned costs, ($138,032 ineligible and $220,595 unsupported), as detailed in Table 1 above and on pages 20 to 28 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that BAHAR Dernegi corrects the two instances of noncompliance detailed on page 20 of the audit report.

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that John Snow, Inc. correct the eight instances of material noncompliance with cost accounting standards and federal acquisition regulations, part 31,
detailed on pages 4 and 5 of the audit report.

We recommend that USAID/Southern Africa determine the allowability of $32,420 in ineligible questioned costs on pages 18 and 26 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

We recommend that USAID/Kenya and East Africa determine the allowability of $279,709 in questioned costs ($274,635 ineligible, $5,074 unsupported) on pages 23 and 32 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

We recommend that USAID/Kenya and East Africa verify that Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology corrects the one material weakness in internal control detailed on pages 36 and 37 of the audit report.

We recommend that USAID/Kenya and East Africa verify that Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology corrects the five instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 57 to 66 of the audit report.

We recommend that USAID/Kenya and East Africa determine the allowability of $204,015 in unsupported cost-sharing contributions on pages 65, 66, and 69 of the audit report and take any corrective action deemed necessary under ADS 303.3.10.3.