Front Office
The Front Office includes the IG, Deputy IG, the Office of Communications and Innovation, and the International Partnerships and Overseas Contingency Operations unit.
Office of Communications and Innovation
This office is composed of four divisions: (1) Strategic Communications; (2) Organizational Development; (3) Process Improvement; and (4) Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility (DEIA). These offices work collaboratively to support the USAID OIG mission and workforce by strategically communicating OIG’s work, providing training and development support to staff, advancing DEIA, and driving a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven decision making.
International Partnerships and Overseas Contingency Operations
This unit manages USAID OIG’s relationships with United Nations and other multilateral and bilateral oversight counterparts, designed to provide value add to OIG’s oversight U.S. foreign assistance. The unit also works with the Inspectors General for the Departments of Defense and State in producing congressionally mandated reports for overseas contingency operations, and coordinates oversight efforts across USAID OIG related to these overseas contingency operations. The unit, responsible for coordination of USAID OIG’s Ukraine-related oversight, also includes OIG’s Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, which is responsible for congressional and media engagement.
Office of Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations
The Office of Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations conducts performance audits and other oversight which evaluate program effectiveness, economy and efficiency, internal control, and compliance. The office conducts program and management system audits as well as financial statement audits required under the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990. Our auditors also review audits related to the financial accountability of grantees and contractors.
Office of Investigations
The Office of Investigations conducts worldwide investigations into allegations of criminal, civil, and administrative violations. The office pursues allegations of abuses in agency programs and activities, as well as other violations of law or misconduct by those involved in these programs.
Office of General Counsel
The Office of General Counsel provides independent legal support to each of OIG’s divisions and represents the OIG in administrative litigation. This office also manages OIG’s Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act programs.
Office of Management
The Office of Management delivers administrative services that support OIG's mission in the areas of financial management, information technology, human resources, logistics services, procurement and acquisitions support, overseas and administrative operations, and business continuity planning.
Overseas Offices
OIG conducts audit and investigative activities in roughly 100 countries around the world. To support these activities, OIG has offices in 12 locations:
Domestic Headquarters
- Washington, DC
Africa Regional Office—Pretoria, South Africa
- Dakar, Senegal Suboffice
- Kampala, Uganda Suboffice
Asia Regional Office—Bangkok, Thailand
- Islamabad, Pakistan Suboffice
- Manila, Philippines Suboffice
Middle East and Eastern Europe Regional Office—Frankfurt, Germany
- Cairo, Egypt Suboffice
- Tel Aviv, Israel Suboffice
- Kyiv, Ukraine
Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office—San Salvador, El Salvador
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti Suboffice