Survey of USAID’s Efforts to Address Its Backlog of Expired Awards

Office of Acquisition and Assistance conduct a feasibility review of alternative closeout actions to improve the timeliness of award closeout based on guidance issued by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy and other best practices, and document the results.

USAID's Management Bureau implement a plan to prioritize conducting incurred cost audits.

Office of Acquisition and Assistance reduce the backlog of incurred costs audits awaiting closeout by implementing a plan to contract with certified public accounting firms to supplement the Defense Contract Audit Agency's efforts to perform incurred cost audits when feasible.

Office of Acquisition and Assistance document actions to enforce procedures for agreement and contracting officer's representatives to conduct adequate reviews of excess and unneeded funds prior to the closeout process.