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 3/26/24)

274

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 3/26/24)

$125,616,038


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

2024

Mar 26, 2024
NFA Transmittal
4-000-24-079-R
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID/M/OAA/CAS/CAM verify that Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 22 to 23 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/M/OAA/CAS/CAM determine the allowability of $36,297 in ineligible questioned costs on pages 12 and 13 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
36297
Funds for Better Use
0
Mar 25, 2024
Audit Report
9-000-24-003-P
Recommendation
3

We recommend that the Director of the Local, Faith, and Transformative Partnerships Hub take the following actions: Update guidance on the New Partnerships Initiative to clarify performance measurement requirements, including the frequency and method of communicating results from the missions to the responsible office in Washington, DC, and the intended use of the data at the Agency level

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
1

We recommend that the Director of the Local, Faith, and Transformative Partnerships Hub take the following actions: Develop resources and best practices for award recipients on how to track, monitor, and report New Partnerships Initiative sub-award data to USAID.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 25, 2024
Recommendation
2

We recommend that the Director of the Local, Faith, and Transformative Partnerships Hub take the following actions: Conduct an assessment of the utility of the sub-award indicator, given underlying data reliability issues, and consider alternative indicators to measure progress toward New Partnerships Initiative goals.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Mar 20, 2024
NFA Transmittal
4-615-24-076-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Kenya and East Africa determines the allowability of $74,768 in ineligible questioned costs on pages 22, 38-39, 58-64, and 73-74 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
74768
Funds for Better Use
0
Mar 19, 2024
NFA Transmittal
3-000-24-045-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that Acción Contra el Hambre corrects the instances of material noncompliance, detailed on pages III-2 and III-3 of the report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Mar 18, 2024
Audit Report
E-306-24-001-M
Recommendation
6

We recommend that the Bureau for Asia, in coordination for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, take the following actions: Document and disseminate to staff with enterprise risk management (ERM) equities, the bureau's ERM governance structure, the roles and responsibilities of each member within the structure, and the bureau's review and assessment process for its assessable units.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
4

We recommend that the Bureau for Asia take the following action: Resolve USAID/Afghanistan access issues to the Synchronized Pre-Deployment and Operational Tracker database.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
5

We recommend that the Bureau for Asia, in coordination for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, take the following actions:

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
3

We recommend that the Office of Acquisition and Assistance take the following actions: Review the approval process of administrative guidance to implementers and make appropriate changes to streamline it for use in crisis scenarios, for example, by clarifying the role of each reviewer.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
7

We recommend that the Bureau for Asia, in coordination for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, take the following actions: Conduct annual training for staff with ERM equities on the ERM process so that they have sufficient expertise to review and assess subordinate mission risk profiles.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

Finalize readiness guidance or tools that outline options of what acquisition and assistance staff can provide to implementers in crisis situations.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 18, 2024
Recommendation
1

We recommend that the Office of Acquisition and Assistance take the following actions: Perform an assessment to identify types of support USAID can provide implementers in a potential future country evacuation to set clear expectations with implementers.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Mar 18, 2024
Mar 18, 2024
NFA Transmittal
3-000-24-044-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that NCA corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on page III-2 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Mar 14, 2024
NFA Transmittal
5-492-24-026-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend USAID/ Philippines: Verify that Philippine Business for Education, Inc. corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 29 to 31 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Mar 13, 2024
NFA Transmittal
4-620-24-073-R
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID/Nigeria verify that Nuru Nigeria corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 35 to 36 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Nigeria verify that Nuru Nigeria corrects the two material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 28 to 30 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Feb 29, 2024
NFA Transmittal
5-306-24-024-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Afghanistan determine the allowability of $11,122,489 ($7,260,631 in unsupported questioned costs and $3,861,858 in unsupported cost share contributions) on pages 29 and 40 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
11122489
Funds for Better Use
0
Feb 29, 2024
NFA Transmittal
5-391-24-025-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Pakistan determine the allowability of $358,627 in questioned costs, ($138,032 ineligible and $220,595 unsupported), as detailed in Table 1 above and on pages 20 to 28 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
358627
Funds for Better Use
0