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 10/31/24)

268

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 10/31/24)

$65,043,885


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

2025

Oct 16, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Under Cooperative Agreement 72062122CA00003, January 1 to December 31, 2023
NFA Transmittal
4-621-25-001-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Tanzania verify that Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 39 to 40 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0

2024

Sep 26, 2024
Audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Zinc Network Limited Under Multiple Awards, April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023
NFA Transmittal
8-114-24-021-R
Recommendation
4

USAID/Georgia verify that Zinc Network Limited corrects the six instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 26-38 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
3

USAID/Management/Office of Acquisition and Assistance/Cost, Audit and Support Division determine the allowability of $10,070 ineligible questioned costs on page 19 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
10070
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

USAID/Ukraine and Belarus determine the allowability of $370,518 ineligible questioned costs on page 19 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
370518
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
1

USAID/Georgia determine the allowability of $135,929 in questioned costs ($134,429 ineligible, $1,500 unsupported) on pages 19 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
135929
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 26, 2024
Financial Audit of Supporting Student Success in Afghanistan Managed by The American University of Afghanistan, Cooperative Agreement 72030623CA00001, for the period January 1 to June 30, 2023
NFA Transmittal
5-306-24-053-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Afghanistan verify that AUAF corrects the three instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 43 to 45 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 25, 2024
Audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Tomorrow Youth Organization, Women Entrepreneurship Development Project in West Bank and Gaza, Cooperative Agreement 72029422CA00001, February 7 to December 31, 2022
NFA Transmittal
8-294-24-031-N
Recommendation
1

Verify that Tomorrow Youth Organization corrects the instance of material noncompliance detailed on page 23 of the audit report

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 25, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Uganda Women’s Efforts to Save Orphans Under Cooperative Agreement 72061722CA00004, January 1 to December 31, 2023
NFA Transmittal
4-617-24-133-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Uganda verify that Uganda Women's Efforts to Save Orphans corrects the one material weakness in internal control detailed on page 34 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 24, 2024
Closeout Audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Changing Narratives: Youth Mental Wellness Program in West Bank and Gaza, Cooperative Agreement 72029421CA00003, September 29, 2021, to July 15, 2022
NFA Transmittal
8-294-24-029-N
Recommendation
1

Determine the allowability of the questioned unsupported costs of $86,856 ($76,458 costs incurred, and $10,398 cost share contribution), on pages 1 and 5 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
86856
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 23, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by World Vision Kenya Under Multiple Awards, October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023
NFA Transmittal
4-615-24-131-R
Recommendation
3

We recommend that USAID/Kenya and East Africa determine the allowability of $85,508 in unsupported cost-sharing contributions on pages 53, and 48 to 49 of the audit report and take any corrective action deemed necessary under ADS 303.3.10.3.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID/Kenya and East Africa verify that World Vision Kenya corrects the four instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 44 to 52 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Kenya and East Africa determine the allowability of $109,177 in ineligible questioned costs on pages 26 and 30 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
109177
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 20, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by an Implementer in Zimbabwe Under Multiple Agreements, January 1 to December 31, 2023
NFA Transmittal
4-613-24-130-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Zimbabwe verify that the implementer corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 23 and 24 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 19, 2024
Audit of Incurred Costs for Nathan Associates, Inc., for Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2020, and 2021
NFA Transmittal
3-000-24-058-I
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance Cost, Audit and Support Division/Contract Audit Management Branch verify that Nathan Associates, Inc., corrects the one reported material
weakness in internal control detailed on pages 8 and 9 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Sep 19, 2024
FISMA: USAID Implemented an Effective Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2024 but Longstanding Weaknesses Persist
Audit Report
A-000-24-005-C
Recommendation
7

We recommend that USAID's Chief Information Officer update the
event logging checklist to include details of event logging level 3 (advanced) applicability and implement requirements as specified by Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-21-31.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
4

We recommend that USAID's Chief Information Officer implement accurate automated dashboards to provide enterprise-wide metrics to inform top management of its information technology risks.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
5

We recommend that USAID's Chief Information Officer establish and implement a process to track the progress of conducting annual reviews and related lessons learned from the implementation of its Information Security Continuous Monitoring Strategy.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
3

We recommend that USAID's Chief Information Officer develop and
implement procedures to document deviations from Agency policy on security control assessments, including acceptance of the risk of such deviations.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
6

We recommend that USAID's Chief Information Officer establish a
formal training program in counterfeit component detection to educate responsible personnel. The training should cover identifying counterfeit hardware, software, and firmware components and should be updated regularly.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Sep 19, 2024
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID's Chief Human Capital Officer request its
cognizant Management Council on Risk and Internal Control to report and track as a significant deficiency to the Agency the risk of not maintaining records evidencing that staff have been offboarded in accordance with Agency policy, as identified in Office of Inspector General Report
No. A-000-21-004-C, Recommendation 3.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Chief Information Officer request its
cognizant Management Council on Risk and Internal Control to report and track as a significant deficiency to the Agency the risk of not timely disabling network accounts for separated employees and contractors, as identified in Office of Inspector General Report No. A-000-21-004-C, Recommendation 2.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0