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.

2023

Sep 25, 2023
NFA Transmittal
3-000-23-001-D
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that IAVI corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 1 and 3 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 25, 2023
NFA Transmittal
5-391-23-029-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Pakistan determine the allowability of $823,000 in questioned costs ($25,475 ineligible and $797,525 unsupported) as described in findings 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 on page 15 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
823000
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 18, 2023
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
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
Sep 18, 2023
Sep 18, 2023
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
Close Date
Mar 20, 2024
Sep 15, 2023
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
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
Close Date
Feb 26, 2024
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
Close Date
Feb 26, 2024
Sep 11, 2023
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
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 08, 2023
Audit Report
A-000-23-004-C
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Chief Information Officer formally document and implement a revised policy for maintaining a system component inventory to include the specific physical location of hardware assets.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID's Chief Information Officer fully implement event logging requirements in accordance with Office
of Management and Budget, Memorandum M-21-31.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0