Recommendation Dashboard

OIG makes recommendations in our reports to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of agency programs and help agencies identify questioned costs and funds that could be put to better use. The aim is to spur our audited agencies to take corrective actions, which allow us to close the recommendations.

This dashboard identifies current open recommendations along with the associated questioned costs.  Open recommendations may be resolved or unresolved:

  • A recommendation is resolved when OIG agrees with the agency's plan of action.
  • A recommendation is unresolved when the agency has yet to share a plan of action or OIG disagrees with the plan.

Audit Reports Issued Prior to April 1, 2019, With Open and Unimplemented Recommendations and Potential Cost Savings (USAID, MCC, USADF, IAF, OPIC) as of September 30, 2019

 

Total Open Recommendations (As of 2/26/21)

430

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 2/26/21)

$323,886,112

Please see an updated list of recommendations with their corresponding report below.

2021

Feb 25, 2021
Financial Audit of People In Need Under Multiple USAID Agreements for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017
NFA Transmittal
3-000-21-016-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Management/Office of Acquisition and Assistance/Cost, Audit, and Support Division verify that People In Need corrects the material weakness in internal control detailed on pages 27 and 28 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Feb 22, 2021
Audit of the Fund Accountability Statement of Ein Dor Museum, Youth United Against Racism Program in West Bank and Gaza, Cooperative Agreement 72029418CA00003, September 28, 2018 to December 31, 2019
NFA Transmittal
8-294-21-014-N
Recommendation
1

Verify that Ein Dor Museum, corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 20 and 21 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Feb 19, 2021
Enhanced Guidance and Practices Would Improve USAID’s Transition Planning and Third-Party Monitoring in Iraq
Audit Report
9-266-21-003-P
Recommendation
1

Develop and implement guidance for its Disaster Assistance Response Team and Response Management Team to prepare annual implementation plans, including specific guidance for exit or transition from humanitarian assistance.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Recommendation
2

Develop and implement a process to improve coordination between humanitarian assistance and stabilization programs.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Recommendation
3

Develop a process for reviewing implementer transition plans for adherence to requirements prior to approving proposals.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Recommendation
4

Develop and implement a process with defined roles and responsibilities to track and respond to findings raised by third-party monitors, including actions undertaken by the implementer.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Recommendation
5

Develop and implement a process to track and respond to findings raised by third-party monitors, including actions undertaken by the implementer.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Feb 17, 2021
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Tanzania Under Cooperative Agreement 72062118CA00001, July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020
NFA Transmittal
4-621-21-039-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Tanzania verify that Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation Tanzania corrects the six material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 24 to 29 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Recommendation
2

USAID/Tanzania verify that Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation Tanzania corrects the nine instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 32 to 34 and 37 to 42 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Feb 17, 2021
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Infectious Diseases Institute Limited in Uganda Under Multiple Awards, July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020
NFA Transmittal
4-617-21-038-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Uganda verify that Infectious Diseases Institute Limited corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on page 39 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Feb 16, 2021
Fund Accountability Statement Audit of Turquoise Mountain Trust Under Export, Jobs and Market Linkages in Carpet and Jewelry Value Chains Project in Afghanistan, Cooperative Agreement 72030619CA00001, February 1 to December 31, 2019
NFA Transmittal
8-306-21-018-R
Recommendation
1

Verify that Turquoise Mountain Trust corrects the material instance of noncompliance detailed on pages 13 and 17 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Feb 11, 2021
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Expanded Church Response in Zambia Under Cooperative Agreement AID-611-A-15-00002, January 1 to December 31, 2019
NFA Transmittal
4-611-21-036-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Zambia verify that Expanded Church Response corrects the three instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 44 to 46 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Feb 10, 2021
Examination of ME&A, Inc’s Costs Claimed for the Two Years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018
NFA Transmittal
3-000-21-017-I
Recommendation
1

We recommend that the USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance Cost, Audit and Support Division determine the allowability of $333,882 ($69,043 ineligible, $264,839 unsupported) in direct questioned costs on pages 6, 7 and 12 through 23 of the report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
$333882
Funds For Better Use
$0
Feb 05, 2021
Financial Audit of Tuberculosis Health Action Learning Initiative Project in India Managed by the World Health Partners, Cooperative Agreement AID-386-A-16-00004, April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2020
NFA Transmittal
5-386-21-012-R
Recommendation
1

Verify that World Health Partners corrects the material weakness in internal control detailed on pages 35-36 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Recommendation
2

Verify that World Health Partners corrects the material instance of noncompliance detailed on page 39 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Feb 04, 2021
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Children in Distress Network in South Africa Under Cooperative Agreement 72067418CA00030, April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2020
NFA Transmittal
4-674-21-033-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Southern Africa determine the allowability of $43,859 in ineligible questioned costs on pages 16 and 35 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
$43859
Funds For Better Use
$0
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID/Southern Africa verify that Children in Distress Network corrects the two material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 24 to 27 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Recommendation
3

We recommend that USAID/Southern Africa verify that Children in Distress Network corrects the four instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 31 to 35 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0