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USAID/Iraq revise its performance monitoring plan to include performance indicators and targets for reaching poor borrowers for the remaining two years of the Provincial Economic Growth Program, particularly for microfinance institutions that have attained performance targets for financial sustainability.

USAID/Iraq require the contractor to update its performance monitoring plan to specify data review mechanisms, identify any known data limitations, and clarify data sources.

USAID/Iraq perform a data quality assessment of the jobs performance indicator: number of jobs (new and existing) that are sustained at firms receiving microloans.

USAID/Sudan direct Management Sciences for Health to provide a training plan with benchmarks and timeframes to increase the number of deliveries attended by a skilled birth attendant.

USAID/Sudan eliminate the following phrase from its task order with Management Sciences for Health: "assess the [trained traditional birth attendant] population and select among them a cadre that can be upgraded."

USAID/Sudan clearly agree in writing with Management Sciences for Health and the Government of Southern Sudan the roles and responsibilities for the procurement, transportation, and distribution of essential drugs and other supplies necessary for Phase II of the Sudan Health Transformation Project.

USAID/Sudan develop and implement procedures to document results reported to the Foreign Assistance Coordination and Tracking System.

USAID/Sudan develop written employee exit procedures to minimize the effects of frequent staff turnover.

USAID/Sudan develop and implement a plan to increase the verification of results reported by Management Sciences for Health for Phase II of the Sudan Health Transformation Project.

USAID/Sudan develop and implement a plan for monitoring the implementation of the Sudan Health Transformation Project's Phase II branding and marking plan in compliance with USAID branding requirements.

USAID/Bolivia determine how the remaining budget for the grants and subcontracts can be best used to effectively implement project activities needed to achieve intended goals.

USAID/Bolivia Office of Acquisition and Assistance determine the allowability of and collect as appropriate, the questioned fixed fee provided in Modification No. 1 to the contract, in the amount of $143,395.

USAID/Bolivia evaluate the Integrated Food Security Program's obligations and deobligate funds exceeding amounts required by the program.

USAID/Bolivia update the Integrated Food Security Program performance management plan to clearly identify the outcome indicators that will measure achievement of the program goal.

USAID/Bolivia update the Integrated Food Security Program performance management plan to include definitions for each performance indicator including the source, method, frequency, and schedule of data collection.

USAID/Bolivia evaluate indicators for earmarked funds for the Integrated Food Security Program and ensure that the indicators are in accordance with the mission strategy and reporting requirements.

USAID/Bolivia ensure that an audit of the Center for Promotion of Sustainable Technologies is conducted by fiscal year end to ensure the separation of the funds for the separate awards.

USAID/Bolivia take steps to enter into a binding agreement with the Center for Promotion of Sustainable Technologies to receive the nontransferable, irrevocable, and paid-up license for equipment and pesticide developed under the USAID awards.

USAID/Bolivia evaluate whether or not the existing quinoa pesticide could be utilized in the program and if not, obtain an opinion from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the use of the newly developed pesticide.

USAID/Bolivia review Abt Associates, Inc. subcontracts related to cost-sharing activities to determine whether subcontractors are overcompensated through subcontract work that is duplicated by work or cash provided by the community cost share.

USAID/Bolivia ensure that Abt Associates, Inc. provides a monitoring plan to ensure that comunity cost-sharing contributions are not abused.

USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance contract with the Defense Contract Audit Agency to conduct an audit to determine the adequacy of the Abt Associates, Inc. accounting system.

USAID/Vietnam work with the contractor to develop and approve a monitoring and evaluation plan, which would include output, outcome, and impact indicators directly attributable to the program's efforts. The plan should include baseline data, cumulative program targets, etc.

USAID/Vietnam conduct a data quality assessment of the information being reported in the program's monitoring and evaluation plan once it is approved.

USAID/Vietnam, through its contracting officer, either ratify the elimination of activities to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, or disallow the change in the program's scope. If the change in scope is ratified, the contract should be modified; if disallowed, the contracting officer should determine the appropriate corrective action to be taken.

USAID/Vietnam assess the program's current intervention for sex workers who inject drugs to determine whether there is a more efficient way to reach this group. If not, the mission should decide whether it wishes to continue the program's efforts, or incorporate Break the Cycle outreach for sex workers who inject drugs into the outreach of other PEPFAR implementers already targeting sex workers.

USAID/Vietnam direct the contractor to provide guidance to outreach workers on reporting accurate information on condom failure rates, and incorporate accurate information on condom failure rates into future training.

USAID/Vietnam direct the contractor to incorporate regular monitoring and reporting on the condition of condoms stocked in nontraditional outlets, to help ensure the quality of these condoms.

USAID/Vietnam select a sample of the nontraditional outlets in An Giang Province to test for condom quality.

USAID/Vietnam clearly communicate the need to implement the unique identifier code to those implementing the pilot program in Hai Phong Province.

USAID/Vietnam clarify to all PEPFAR implementers its expectation of how and when PEPFAR-supported voluntary counseling and testing sites are to be branded with the Chan Troi Moi logo.

USAID/Vietnam provide specific guidance to its PEPFAR-supported implementers on how it wants them to coordinate their efforts and which implementing organization shall take the lead in critical program areas

USAID/Bangladesh direct the International Resources Group to prepare a sustainability plan for the co-management organizations that will identify potential barriers to sustainability, and describe the project's plans to overcome such barriers.

USAID/Bangladesh, in conjunction with the Government of Bangladesh, develop and implement an action plan to obtain required government-matched funds for the project's habitat restoration and infrastructure activities.

USAID/Bangladesh require the International Resources Group to comply with the branding and marking policy and submit a written request to the mission for a waiver to use the Nishorgo Network name and logo on appropriate project documents and signage.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to include environmental requirements in awards for projects with environmental threshold decisions of negative determination with conditions and positive determinations. The procedures should also require, when possible, that environmental requirements be included in solicitations. When inclusion in the solicitation is not feasible, the procedures should require the inclusion of environmental requirements in subsequent scopes of work.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to include environmental requirements in awards for projects with environmental threshold decisions of negative determination with conditions and positive determinations. The procedures should also require, when possible, that environmental requirements be included in solicitations. When inclusion in the solicitation is not feasible, the procedures should require the inclusion of environmental requirements in subsequent scopes of work.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to include environmental requirements in awards for projects with environmental threshold decisions of negative determination with conditions and positive determinations. The procedures should also require, when possible, that environmental requirements be included in solicitations. When inclusion in the solicitation is not feasible, the procedures should require the inclusion of environmental requirements in subsequent scopes of work.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to include environmental requirements in awards for projects with environmental threshold decisions of negative determination with conditions and positive determinations. The procedures should also require, when possible, that environmental requirements be included in solicitations. When inclusion in the solicitation is not feasible, the procedures should require the inclusion of environmental requirements in subsequent scopes of work.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to include environmental requirements in awards for projects with environmental threshold decisions of negative determination with conditions and positive determinations. The procedures should also require, when possible, that environmental requirements be included in solicitations. When inclusion in the solicitation is not feasible, the procedures should require the inclusion of environmental requirements in subsequent scopes of work.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to include environmental requirements in awards for projects with environmental threshold decisions of negative determination with conditions and positive determinations. The procedures should also require, when possible, that environmental requirements be included in solicitations. When inclusion in the solicitation is not feasible, the procedures should require the inclusion of environmental requirements in subsequent scopes of work.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to properly monitor environmental compliance components for projects with environmental threshold decisions of negative determination with conditions and positive determinations.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to properly monitor environmental compliance components for projects with environmental threshold decisions of negative determination with conditions and positive determinations.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to properly monitor environmental compliance components for projects with environmental threshold decisions of negative determination with conditions and positive determinations.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to properly monitor environmental compliance components for projects with environmental threshold decisions of negative determination with conditions and positive determinations.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to properly monitor environmental compliance components for projects with environmental threshold decisions of negative determination with conditions and positive determinations.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to properly monitor environmental compliance components for projects with environmental threshold decisions of negative determination with conditions and positive determinations.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to formally designate officers for overseeing the planning and implementation of the Agency's environmental procedures.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to formally designate officers for overseeing the planning and implementation of the Agency's environmental procedures.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to formally designate officers for overseeing the planning and implementation of the Agency's environmental procedures.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to formally designate officers for overseeing the planning and implementation of the Agency's environmental procedures.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to formally designate officers for overseeing the planning and implementation of the Agency's environmental procedures.

The Deputy Assistant Administrator of each regional bureau require missions to develop and implement procedures to formally designate officers for overseeing the planning and implementation of the Agency's environmental procedures.

USAID/Southern Africa implement a standard annual work plan template for President's Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS Relief treatment partners to effectively report and evaluate program performance.

USAID/Southern Africa conduct an assessment of the effectiveness of the data warehouse.

USAID/Southern Africa draft and approve a mutually agreeable comanagement plan for the data warehouse with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

USAID/Southern Africa identify the data used for reporting externally on Agency performance, and conduct data quality assessments on that data.

USAID/Southern Africa implement a plan to divide roles and responsibilities more evenly among the HIV/AIDS treatment team members.

USAID/Southern Africa add to its site visit checklist an item to monitor cost-sharing requirements.

USAID/Rwanda develop and implement a cost-effective written plan to measure the impact of its agriculture activities.

USAID/Rwanda prepare a written strategy for adapting and extending successful interventions targeted to people living with HIV/AIDS under the Dairy Competitiveness Project to the general rural population in future programming.

USAID/Rwanda prepare a written analysis of successful strategies employed in its specialty coffee activities that can be adapted for use in future dairy programming.

USAID/Rwanda include a section in its standard site visit report template to verify compliance with USAID branding policies and regulations.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza provide detailed definitions of all Infrastructure Needs Program indicators in writing to all partners.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza develop and implement a plan with milestones to establish controls that require indicator data reported under the Infrastructure Needs Program I and Infrastructure Needs Program II are accurate and reliable.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza verify and correct in writing any errors in the reported results data for the Infrastructure Needs Program.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza strengthen results reporting by requiring that program indicators are effective in measuring goal achievements for the Infrastructure Needs Program I and the Infrastructure Needs Program II.

USAID/West Bank and Gaza prepare and approve Performance Management Plans for all mission activity objectives in accordance with Automated
Directives System 203.3.3.

USAID's Chief Financial Officer implement improvements in the design of the PhoenixViewer Current Status by Program Element report to provide more reliable and consistent financial information.

USAID's Chief Financial Officer identify financial transactions and resolve any additional inconsistencies that are presenting negative unliquidated obligations in the PhoenixViewer Current Status by Program Element report.