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.

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Total Open Recommendations (As of 9/22/23)

307

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 9/22/23)

$130,116,828


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

2023

Sep 18, 2023
Financial Audit of USAID’s Feed the Future Bangladesh Aquaculture Activity Managed by WorldFish, PIO Grant 72038818IO00002, February 6, 2018 to December 31, 2019
NFA Transmittal
5-388-23-028-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Bangladesh determine the allowability of $221,488 in questioned costs ($139,329 ineligible and $82,159 unsupported) on pages 24 and 25 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
221488
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

USAID/Bangladesh verify that WorldFish corrects the three instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 57 to 60, 54, and 61 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 18, 2023
Financial Audit of the Project Management & Engineering Services for FATA Infrastructure Program in Pakistan Managed by Planning and Development Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Grant 135, PIL 391-013-32, Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2022
NFA Transmittal
5-391-23-027-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Pakistan determine the allowability of $4,311,815 in ineligible questioned costs detailed on pages 19 to 27 and 29 to 30 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
4311815
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 18, 2023
West Bank and Gaza: USAID Did Not Document Its Deliberative Process for Identifying and Assessing Risks in Programming
Audit Report
8-294-23-003-P
Recommendation
1

USAID/West Bank Gaza to update its mission order covering procedures and responsibilities for internal control issues to include a requirement to document a deliberative process that provides information about the assumptions made and methodologies used in identifying and assessing what risks will be included in annual risk profile submissions.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Jul 19, 2023
Sep 15, 2023
Financial Audit of Stichting SNV Nederlandse Ontwikkelingsorganisatie Under Multiple Awards for the Year Ended December 31, 2021
NFA Transmittal
3-000-23-050-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division determine the allowability verify that Stichting SNV Nederlandse Ontwikkelingsorganisatie corrects the instances of material noncompliance detailed on page 27 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 13, 2023
Financial Audit of the Schedule of Expenditures Incurred by People In Need in Multiple Countries Under Multiple USAID Awards for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020
NFA Transmittal
3-000-23-049-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division determine the allowability of $101,850 in questioned costs ($101,850 unsupported) on page 20 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
101850
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that People In Need corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 52 to 55 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 11, 2023
Financial Audit of the Social Behavioral Change with Targeted Communication Program Managed by Institut Panos in Haiti, Cooperative Agreement 72052120CA00007, October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022
NFA Transmittal
9-521-23-021-R
Recommendation
1

Verify that Institut Panos corrects the four material weaknesses in internal control detailed on page 19 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

Verify that Institut Panos corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on page 26 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 11, 2023
Counter-Trafficking in Persons: Improved Guidance and Training Can Strengthen USAID’s C-TIP Efforts in Asia
Audit Report
5-000-23-001-P
Recommendation
1

Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming coordinate with regional bureaus and the Center for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance to develop and implement an action plan to improve guidance and training for missions on implementing C-TIP Policy programming objectives and using C-TIP Coordinators. This plan should include incorporating current C-TIP Policy programming objectives into the C-TIP Field Guide, developing training for mission C-TIP Coordinators, improving availability and awareness of survivor engagement training for missions, and assessing opportunities to strengthen C-TIP standard indicators in coordination with missions and the State Department.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources coordinate with the Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning and the Office of Acquisition and Assistance to develop and implement an action plan to clarify guidance and improve training for Contracting and Agreement Officers and Contracting and Agreement Officer Representatives on their roles and responsibilities for monitoring and enforcing implementer compliance with trafficking in persons requirements in acquisition and assistance awards.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
3

Bureau for Asia coordinate with USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia, USAID/Central Asia Regional, and USAID/Philippines, Pacific Islands, and Mongolia to review and revise each mission's procedures to incorporate guidance on integrating C-TIP during strategy, project, and activity design.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
4

Bureau for Asia coordinate with USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia, USAID/Central Asia Regional, and USAID/Philippines, Pacific Islands, and Mongolia to review and revise each mission's mission orders to incorporate guidance on designating C-TIP Coordinators, assigning responsibilities, and using C-TIP Coordinators. As part of this review, each mission should (1) designate C-TIP Coordinator(s) in its mission orders and (2) insert C-TIP Coordinator responsibilities into the position descriptions and annual work objectives for designated C-TIP Coordinators.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
5

Bureau for Asia coordinate with USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia, USAID/Central Asia Regional, and USAID/Philippines, Pacific Islands, and Mongolia to develop and implement an action plan to bring each mission's monitoring and enforcement practices for acquisition and assistance awards into compliance with trafficking in persons regulations, policies, and procedures.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 07, 2023
Financial Audit of the Epidemic Control Among Priority Populations Program Managed by Fondation Serovie in Haiti, Cooperative Agreement 72052120CA00004, October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022
NFA Transmittal
9-521-23-020-R
Recommendation
1

Determine the allowability of $31,248 in questioned costs ($1,250 ineligible and $29,998 unsupported) on pages 15 and 16 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
31248
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

Verify that Fondation Serovie corrects the three material weaknesses in internal control detailed on page 24 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
3

Verify that Fondation Serovie corrects the five instances of material noncompliance detailed on page 36 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 07, 2023
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Georgetown Global Health Nigeria Under Cooperative Agreement 72062022CA00005, February 1 to December 31, 2022
NFA Transmittal
4-620-23-115-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Nigeria verify that Georgetown Global Health Nigeria corrects the one material weakness in internal control detailed on page 21 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID/Nigeria verify that Georgetown Global Health Nigeria corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on page 25 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 05, 2023
Closeout Financial Audit of Government of Barbados' Ministry of Environment & National Beautification, Grant 538-G2G-GCC-2013, April 1, 2017 to September 30, 2020
NFA Transmittal
9-538-23-019-R
Recommendation
1

Determine the allowability of $229,822 in ineligible questioned costs on page 21 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
229822
Funds for Better Use
0