Why We Did This Audit
On January 20, 2025, the President issued Executive Order 14169, “Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid,” initiating a pause and review of all U.S. foreign assistance, including USAID programs. As of March 2025, USAID has terminated over $76.5 billion out of a total of $159 billion (almost 50 percent) in foreign assistance awards. As a result of the termination of awards, USAID implementers began preparing to dispose of government-funded assets, in accordance with award closeout procedures.
In response to the award terminations and subsequent preparation for asset disposal, we initiated a series of audits examining these processes for eight USAID missions around the world. The objective of this audit was to determine the status of the disposition of USAID-funded physical assets procured under selected terminated awards in Haiti.
We reviewed 8 out of a total of 32 awards with activities in Haiti that USAID terminated as a result of the foreign assistance review. These 8 awards included priority assets, such as armored vehicles, port construction materials, and health commodities—with a total purchase value of $4.2 million. We selected these specific types of assets given their heightened security, reputational, and diversion risks and high- dollar value compared to other types of priority assets in Haiti. We reviewed asset disposition activities through August 31, 2025, due to the closure of USAID’s mission in Haiti and separation of Agency Staff.
What We Found
USAID approved implementers’ disposition plans to donate, transfer, or retain selected assets, but approval procedures for armored vehicles were unclear. USAID implemented expedited procedures to dispose of approximately $4.2 million in priority assets for the eight selected terminated awards. As of August 31, 2025, USAID had requested, received, and approved disposition plans for the selected assets. However, USAID approved disposition plans for armored vehicles without confirming the security level, which was necessary to determine appropriate disposition methods.
Implementers completed disposition of all armored vehicles and some health commodities, but $1.4 million of selected assets remained undisposed. By August 31, 2025, implementers had disposed of about two-thirds of the selected assets but not approximately $566,000 of port rehabilitation materials and $784,000 of health commodities. The closure of the USAID Mission for Haiti, lack of clarity on responsibilities transferred to the Department of State, and risks related to unanticipated costs and possible theft, waste, and abuse raise concerns about the delayed final disposition actions for these assets.
What We Recommend
We recommended that USAID implement plans to ensure the complete and appropriate disposal of port rehabilitation materials and health commodities that implementers procured under USAID terminated awards in Haiti and were pending disposition as of August 31, 2025. We also recommended that USAID clarify procedures for determining armored vehicles’ security levels prior to approving disposition plans.