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 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 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, 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.
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: Perform an assessment to identify types of support USAID can provide implementers in a potential future country evacuation to set clear expectations with implementers.