Follow-Up Audit on the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Implementation of Selected Audit Recommendations

We recommend that Millennium Challenge Corporation's Assistant General Counsel for Administration in the Office of the General Counsel finalize and issue the Millennium Challenge Corporation "Policy for Responding to Inspector General (IG) Audits" in order to provide guidance on responsibilities for recommendation follow-up to audit follow-up officials and provide a date by which the policy will be issued.

We recommend that Millennium Challenge Corporation's Assistant General Counsel for Administration in the Office of the General Counsel review final action notifications transmitted to the OIG during fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to verify whether the notifications were accurate with regard to actions taken on the recommendations.

We recommend that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Assistant General Counsel for Administration in the Office of the General Counsel, before finalizing its draft "Policy for Responding to Inspector General (IG) Audits," incorporate a procedure that requires an analysis of the timeliness of recommendations and a commitment to best efforts to implement recommendations on a more expedited timeline if the recommendation is time sensitive, such as recommendations intended to assist the Millennium Challenge Accounts' actions during the compact closure period.

We recommend that Millennium Challenge Corporation's Assistant General Counsel for Administration in the Office of the General Counsel, before finalizing its draft "Policy on Responding to Inspector General (IG) Audit," incorporate a requirement that Audit Follow-up Officials provide a justification for any final action that will not be completed within 12 months from the date of the audit report.