Recommendation Dashboard

OIG makes recommendations in our reports to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of agency programs and help agencies identify questioned costs and funds that could be put to better use. The aim is to spur our audited agencies to take corrective actions, which allow us to close the recommendations.

This dashboard identifies current open recommendations along with the associated questioned costs.  Open recommendations may be resolved or unresolved:

  • A recommendation is resolved when OIG agrees with the agency's plan of action.
  • A recommendation is unresolved when the agency has yet to share a plan of action or OIG disagrees with the plan.

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Total Open Recommendations (As of 6/15/25)

333

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 6/15/25)

$54,940,450


Please see an updated list of recommendations with their corresponding report below.

2023

Jun 07, 2023
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Malawi College of Health Sciences Under Cooperative Agreement 72061221CA00005, May 5, 2021, to September 30, 2022
NFA Transmittal
4-612-23-080-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Malawi determine the allowability of $37,313 in questioned costs ($1,723 ineligible, $35,590 unsupported) on pages 19 and 22 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
37313
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 28, 2024
Jun 07, 2023
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Children of God Relief Institute in Kenya Under Cooperative Agreement AID-623-A-13-00001, January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2022
NFA Transmittal
4-623-23-008-N
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Kenya and East Africa determine the allowability of $171,458 in questioned costs ($36,025 ineligible, $135,433 unsupported) on pages 12, 15, and 21 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
171458
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 17, 2024
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID/Kenya and East Africa verify that Children of God Relief Institute corrects the five material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 24 to 29 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Feb 02, 2024
Recommendation
3

We recommend that USAID/Kenya and East Africa verify that Children of God Relief Institute corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 37 to 39 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Feb 02, 2024
Jun 07, 2023
Financial Audit of Millennium Challenge Corporation Resources Managed by Millennium Challenge Account-Côte d’Ivoire, Under the Compact Agreement Between MCC and the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, for the period from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022
NFA Transmittal
3-MCC-23-019-N
Recommendation
1

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation verify that MCA-Côte d'Ivoire corrects the instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 39 and 40 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 01, 2024
Jun 05, 2023
Financial Audit of Millennium Challenge Corporation Resources Managed by Millennium Development Authority and Millennium Challenge Compact Between Millennium Challenge Corporation and the Government of Ghana, for April 1, 2021 to June 6, 2022
NFA Transmittal
3-MCC-23-017-N
Recommendation
1

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation verify that MiDA corrects the three instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 32 to 34 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jul 06, 2023
Jun 02, 2023
Financial Audit of Nonviolent Peaceforce Awards 720FDA18GR00118 and 720FDA19GR00124 for the period January 1, 2019, to September 10, 2019, and September 11, 2019 to December 31, 2019 Respectively
NFA Transmittal
3-000-23-022-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that Nonviolent Peaceforce corrects the one material weakness in internal control detailed on page 20 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Feb 22, 2024
May 26, 2023
Audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Moona-A Space for Change, Bringing Professionals to Bridge Communities: Starter Program for Young Engineers in West Bank and Gaza, Cooperative Agreement 72029419CA00001, January 1 to December 31, 2021
NFA Transmittal
8-294-23-021-N
Recommendation
1

Verify that Moona-A Space for Change corrects the material instance of noncompliance detailed on pages 23 and 24 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Feb 29, 2024
May 25, 2023
Financial Audit of the MCC resources managed by Millennium Challenge Account – Senegal under the Millennium Challenge Compact between the Government of the Republic of Senegal and MCC for the period June 6, 2017
NFA Transmittal
3-MCC-23-014-N
Recommendation
1

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation verify that the MCA-Senegal corrects the three instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 47 to 50 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
May 24, 2023
Financial Closeout Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Legal Resources Centre in Ghana Under Cooperative Agreement 72064120CA00001, August 7, 2020, to August 30, 2022
NFA Transmittal
4-641-23-079-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Ghana verify that Legal Resources Centre corrects the eleven instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 26 to 45 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Aug 25, 2023
May 24, 2023
Financial Audit of the MCC resources managed by the Millennium Challenge Account – Mongolia (MCA-Mongolia) under the Compact Agreement between the MCC and the Government of Mongolia for the period of April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022
NFA Transmittal
3-MCC-23-013-N
Recommendation
1

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation verify that the MCA-Mongolia corrects the ten instances of material
noncompliance detailed on pages 40 to 49 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 28, 2024
May 22, 2023
Northern Central America Humanitarian Response: USAID Took Steps to Mitigate Fraud Risks, but Opportunities Exist to Clarify Guidance on Assessing Sanctioned Group Risk
Audit Report
9-000-23-001-P
Recommendation
1

Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance: Update internal guidance to clarify (1) the language describing the measures of risk posed by sanctioned groups that are sufficient to prompt Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance staff to complete additional due diligence, and (2) how changes to the response context should influence the award approval process regarding the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance's assessment of risk posed by sanctioned groups.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
May 22, 2023
Recommendation
2

Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance: Update the Emergency Application Guidelines to clarify applicant instructions for responding to additional requirements for high-risk environments in cases where a country is not on the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance's non-exclusive list but where sanctioned groups are present.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
May 22, 2023
Recommendation
3

Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance: Review the sanctioned group risk analyses for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to respond to the guiding questions that were not fully answered in one country analysis and to specifically consider risks identified by the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and implementers in other analyses, as appropriate, and update those analyses as necessary.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
May 22, 2023
Recommendation
4

Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance: Establish a requirement for documenting the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance staff's review of all applicants' Risk Assessment and Management Plans.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
May 22, 2023
Recommendation
5

Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance: Conduct an analysis to determine what, if any, options exist to further reduce the risk of beneficiary duplication among Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance-funded implementers of cash transfer activities in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, until such time as country cash-working groups have sufficient capacity to support these efforts.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jan 09, 2024