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 4/15/25)

333

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 4/15/25)

$52,666,905


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

2021

Apr 22, 2021
Audit of Fund Accountability Statement of The Asia Foundation Under Multiple Awards in Afghanistan, 2018-2020
NFA Transmittal
8-306-21-024-N
Recommendation
1

Determine the allowability of $66,509 in questioned costs ($56,199 ineligible and $10,310 unsupported) on pages 16 and 22 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
66509
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 23, 2023
Recommendation
2

Verify that The Asia Foundation corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 28 to 39 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 23, 2023
Apr 19, 2021
Close-out Audit of the Fund Accountability Statement of Palladium International, LLC, Health Sector Resiliency Project in Afghanistan, Contract AID-306-C-15-00009, July 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020
NFA Transmittal
8-306-21-022-N
Recommendation
1

Determine the allowability of $31,584 in ineligible questioned costs on page 29 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
31584
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 02, 2023
Recommendation
2

Verify that Palladium International, LLC corrects the material instance of noncompliance detailed on pages 28 and 29 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 02, 2023
Apr 19, 2021
Audit of the Fund Accountability Statement of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Catalyzing Afghan Agricultural Innovation Program in Afghanistan, Cooperative Agreement 306-72030618LA00002, May 28, 2018 to December 31, 2019
NFA Transmittal
8-306-21-021-N
Recommendation
1

Determine the allowability of $371,643 in questioned costs ($9,393 ineligible and $362,250 unsupported) on pages 19-20 and 26 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
371643
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 27, 2023
Recommendation
2

Verify that Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University corrects the material weakness in internal control detailed on pages 19 to 25 the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Aug 17, 2022
Recommendation
3

Verify that Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University corrects the material instance of noncompliance detailed on pages 26 to 29 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Aug 17, 2022
Apr 19, 2021
Audit of the Fund Accountability Statement of Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel, Widening the Circle Project in West Bank and Gaza, Cooperative Agreement AID-294-A-15-00002, January 1 to December 31, 2017
NFA Transmittal
8-294-21-022-R
Recommendation
1

Verify that Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel corrects the two material instances of noncompliance detailed on pages 18 to 20 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 15, 2022
Apr 16, 2021
Financial Audit of MCC Resources Managed by Millennium Challenge Account Niger, Under the Compact Agreement Between MCC and the Government of Niger, October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019
NFA Transmittal
3-MCC-21-005-N
Recommendation
1

We recommend that Millennium Challenge Corporation determine the allowability of $ 765,431.79 in questioned costs ($ 765,431.79 unsupported), on pages 14 and 26 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
765431
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
May 12, 2021
Apr 16, 2021
Enhanced Processes and Implementer Requirements Are Needed To Address Challenges and Fraud Risks in USAID’s Venezuela Response
Audit Report
9-000-21-005-P
Recommendation
1

Develop and implement a process for issuing documented directives on implementing foreign policy guidance to humanitarian programs to the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. This process should consider the impact of directives on the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance's ability to adhere to humanitarian principles and risk appetite.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Aug 23, 2022
Recommendation
2

In coordination with the Bureau for Management, review and revise Automated Directives System chapter 251 to incorporate Foreign Assistance Manual Volume 2, chapter 060 requirements for adhering to humanitarian principles outlined in the Good Humanitarian Donorship.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jan 19, 2023
Recommendation
3

Develop and implement a process for coordinating with the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration on joint strategic humanitarian response plans at the country and/or regional level. This process should articulate key considerations for interagency coordination, including programming roles and responsibilities, humanitarian mandates, and migratory status of beneficiaries.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Apr 16, 2021
Recommendation
4

Review and revise humanitarian assistance "Application Guidelines" for implementers to strengthen the use of U.S. Government Accountability Office leading practices for managing fraud risks, including planning and risk assessment activities and data analytics activities.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Apr 16, 2021
Recommendation
5

In coordination with the Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning, complete a documented review of USAID's development assistance portfolio in Venezuela to determine whether to develop and implement a Strategic Framework, in accordance with Automated Directives System chapter 201 requirements.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jul 22, 2021
Recommendation
6

In coordination with the Bureaus for Latin America and the Caribbean and Policy, Planning, and Learning, complete a documented review of USAID/South America Regional's development assistance portfolio in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru to determine whether to develop and implement a Strategic Framework, in accordance with Automated Directives System chapter 201 requirements.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jul 09, 2021
Mar 26, 2021
Examination of Costs Claimed by Global Business Solutions, Inc. for Fiscal Years 2012, 2013, and 2014
NFA Transmittal
3-000-21-031-I
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that Global Business Solutions, Inc. corrects the material weakness in internal control detailed on pages 13 through 15 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
May 16, 2022
Mar 26, 2021
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Linkages for Economic Advancement of the Disadvantaged in Zimbabwe Under Cooperative Agreement AID-613-A-15-00006, August 1, 2019, to July 31, 2020
NFA Transmittal
4-613-21-048-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Zimbabwe verify that Linkages for Economic Advancement of the Disadvantaged corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on page 27 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Nov 30, 2021
Mar 26, 2021
Examination of The QED Group, LLC’s Indirect Cost Rate Proposals and Related Books and Records for Reimbursement Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2017
NFA Transmittal
3-000-21-030-I
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Management/Office of Acquisition and Assistance/Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that The QED Group, LLC corrects the one material weakness in internal control detailed on page 15 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jun 25, 2022
Mar 25, 2021
Examination of Costs Claimed by Links Media, LLC for Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016
NFA Transmittal
3-000-21-029-I
Recommendation
1

We recommend that the USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance Cost, Audit and Support Division: verify that Links Media, LLC corrects the material weakness in internal control detailed on pages 2 and 14 of the examination report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 22, 2021