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 5/7/21)

389

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 5/7/21)

$336,394,166

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

2021

May 07, 2021
Financial Audit of National Society for Earthquake Technology – Nepal Under Multiple USAID Agreements, July 17, 2019, to July 15, 2020
NFA Transmittal
5-367-21-025-R
Recommendation
1

Verify that National Society for Earthquake Technology - Nepal corrects the one material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 25 and 26 of the audit report.

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

Verify that NSET corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 34 and 35 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
May 07, 2021
Closeout Audit of the Infrastructure Program Management Services for the Construction of Centers for Advanced Studies in Pakistan Managed by Qavi Engineers (Private) Limited, Task Order AID 391-TO-14-00007, July 1, 2016, to May 31, 2017
NFA Transmittal
5-391-21-001-N
Recommendation
1

Determine the allowability of $1,575,557 ($1,573,877 ineligible and $1,680 unsupported) in questioned costs as detailed in Table 1 on pages 2-3 of this memorandum and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
$1575557
Funds For Better Use
$0
May 06, 2021
USAID Was Not On Track To Achieve Performance and Cost Savings Goals for the Development Information Solution System.
Audit Report
A-000-21-001-U
Recommendation
1

Revise the Development Information Solution system's cost savings plan in accordance with Office of Management and Budget's Capital Planning Guidance to determine the effects that the delayed decommissioning of redundant systems may have on the related costs to maintain the systems longer.

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

Document and implement lessons learned for system users that incorporates the successes achieved by the past deployments in adopting the Development Information Solution system.

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

Develop and implement a process to validate the data between Foreign Assistance Coordination and Tracking System Info and the Development Information Solution system to maximize its value per GAO's Agile Assessment Guide.

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

Develop a plan in coordination with mission executive officers, program offices and bureaus to validate participation and adoption of the Development Information Solution system to reduce reliance on external systems or components for tracking, monitoring, or reporting performance data as called for by the DIS Business Case.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
May 04, 2021
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Benjamin William Mkapa Foundation in Tanzania Under Cooperative Agreement 72062120CA00003, February 12 to June 30, 2020
NFA Transmittal
4-621-21-056-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Tanzania determine the allowability of $28,000
in ineligible questioned costs for overcharged indirect costs on page
16 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
$28000
Funds For Better Use
$0
Apr 30, 2021
Examination of Costs Claimed by Nexant, Inc. for Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2016 and 2017
NFA Transmittal
3-000-21-037-I
Recommendation
1

We recommend that the USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance Cost, Audit and Support Division: determine the allowability of $339,200 ($339,200 unsupported) in direct questioned costs on pages 5, and 61 through 64 of the report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
$339200
Funds For Better Use
$0
Recommendation
2

We recommend that the USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance Cost, Audit and Support Division: verify that Nexant, Inc. corrects the material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 2 and 13 through 16 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Apr 28, 2021
Fund Accountability Statement Audit of Chemonics International Inc. Under Multiple Awards in Afghanistan, Year ended 2019
NFA Transmittal
8-306-21-027-N
Recommendation
1

Verify that Chemonics International Inc. corrects the material instance of noncompliance detailed on pages 23 to 28 of the audit report

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Apr 27, 2021
Financial Audit of MCC Resources Managed by Millennium Challenge Account Morocco, Under the Compact Agreement Between MCC and the Government of Morocco, for the period May 5, 2015 to September 30, 2019
NFA Transmittal
3-MCC-21-007-N
Recommendation
1

We recommend that Millennium Challenge Corporation determine the allowability of $ 987,010.06 in questioned costs ($ 987,010.06 ineligible) on page 7 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
$987010
Funds For Better Use
$0
Recommendation
2

We recommend that Millennium Challenge Corporation verify that MCA-Morocco corrects the two material weaknesses in internal control detailed on page 27 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Apr 26, 2021
Audit of the Fund Accountability Statement of American University of Afghanistan, Support to the American University of Afghanistan Project, Cooperative Agreement AID-306-A-13-00004, July 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020
NFA Transmittal
8-306-21-025-N
Recommendation
1

Determine the allowability of $61,833 in total ineligible questioned costs ($7,856 related to the fund accountability statement and $53,977 related to the cost share contribution) detailed on pages 27 to 35 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
$61833
Funds For Better Use
$0
Recommendation
2

Verify that American University of Afghanistan corrects the one material weakness in internal control detailed on pages 31 to 35 the audit report.

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

Verify that American University of Afghanistan corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 27 to 30 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0
Apr 26, 2021
Financial Audit of the Merit and Need-Based Scholarship Programme (Phase-II) in Pakistan Managed by the Higher Education Commission, Grant 391-G-00-04-01023-12, July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020
NFA Transmittal
5-391-21-024-R
Recommendation
1

Determine the allowability of $1,168,204 ($11,256 ineligible; $1,156,948 unsupported) in questioned costs as detailed in Table 1 on page 2 of this memorandum and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
$1168204
Funds For Better Use
$0
Apr 26, 2021
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Solidarités International in Multiple Countries Under Multiple Awards, January 1 to December 31, 2019
NFA Transmittal
4-000-21-054-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/M/OAA/CAS/CAM verify that Solidarités International corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages III-1 to III-3 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
$0
Funds For Better Use
$0