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 5/30/25)

343

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 5/30/25)

$56,304,556


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

2018

Sep 25, 2018
NFA Transmittal
1-517-18-032-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Dominican Republic determine the allowability of $15,724 in ineligible questioned costs in regard to the outstanding balance included on page 39 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
15724
Close Date
Apr 18, 2019
Sep 25, 2018
NFA Transmittal
8-294-18-060-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/West Bank and Gaza require Near East Foundation to establish and implement policies and procedures ensuring proper incorporation of the required mandatory provision in its subcontracts with third parties, as detailed on page 14 of Ernst and Young audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jun 28, 2019
Sep 25, 2018
NFA Transmittal
5-367-18-032-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Nepal determine the allowability of $90,732 in questioned costs ($29,011 ineligible, and $56,141 plus $5,580 unsupported) on page 3 of the audit report, and further detailed in Annexure V on page 41, and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
90732
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Dec 18, 2019
Recommendation
2

USAID/Nepal verify that the Department of Health Services, Government of Nepal corrects the seven significant deficiencies (Findings 1-7 on pages 8-17 of the audit report).

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Dec 18, 2019
Recommendation
3

USAID/Nepal verify that the Department of Health Services, Government of Nepal corrects the nine material instances of noncompliance (Findings 8-15 on pages 21-29 of the audit report and Observation 3 on page 2 of the management letter).

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Dec 18, 2019
Sep 24, 2018
NFA Transmittal
3-000-18-045-I
Recommendation
1

USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division determine the allowability of $15,296,357 in unsupported direct costs from AECOM International Development, Inc. detailed on pages 2 through 4, and 12 through 16 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
15296357
Close Date
Mar 28, 2019
Recommendation
2

USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that AECOM International Development, Inc. corrects Findings #1 and #2 detailed on pages 12 through 16 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 16, 2019
Sep 23, 2018
NFA Transmittal
8-306-18-059-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Afghanistan determine the allowability, and collect as appropriate, $1,329,286 in ineligible questioned costs, as detailed on pages 18 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
1329286
Close Date
Jun 27, 2019
Recommendation
2

USAID/Afghanistan verify that the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock corrects the three material weaknesses (1. the recipient has not exercised its right to liquidate the collaterals against the loans written off over the project period, 2. the recipient has no documented financial statement closing process, and 3. the recipient has weaknesses in information technology general controls) and one significant deficiency in internal control related to the accounting application used by the recipient as detailed on pages 27 to 32 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jun 20, 2019
Recommendation
3

USAID/Afghanistan verify that the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock corrects the three instances of material noncompliance (1. loans and advances were written off in excess of the allowed 5% threshold of loans portfolio, 2. operating expenditure included in the fund accountability statement that were not included in the approved budget, and 3. advances paid to staff and prepayment to contractors against operational expenses. These payments were not provided in the budget) as detailed on pages 37 to 39 of the audit report.

Close Date
Jun 20, 2019
Sep 21, 2018
NFA Transmittal
5-391-18-031-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Pakistan determine the allowability of $1,225,524 in questioned costs ($950,865 ineligible, $274,659 unsupported) as detailed in Table 1 on pages 3-4 of this memorandum, and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
1199930
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Feb 24, 2020
Recommendation
2

USAID/Pakistan determine (1) the breakdown of the $1,288,671 in questioned costs identified in the report on the fund accountability statement, (2) the questioned costs identified in the report on the fund accountability statement that did not pertain to the questioned costs summarized in Table 1 on pages 3-4 of this memorandum, and (3) the allowability and recovery, if appropriate, of these questioned costs.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Aug 21, 2019
Recommendation
3

USAID/Pakistan verify that the Provincial Reconstruction Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa corrects the 16 material instances of noncompliance detailed in Table 1 on pages 3-4 of this memorandum.

Close Date
Oct 29, 2019
Sep 21, 2018
NFA Transmittal
3-000-18-027-T
Recommendation
1

USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that The Nature Conservancy corrects the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and in the report on internal control over compliance and the significant deficiencies in the report on internal control over compliance detailed on pages 49 through 52 and pages 55 through 61 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Feb 24, 2020
Recommendation
2

USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that The Nature Conservancy corrects the instances of noncompliance in the report on compliance and other matters for each major federal program detailed on pages 52 and 59 through 61 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Feb 24, 2020
Aug 23, 2018
NFA Transmittal
4-641-18-098-R
Recommendation
1

USAID/Ghana determine the allowability of $183,398 in questioned costs ($5,917 ineligible and $177,481 unsupported) on pages 14 and 16 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
183398
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Feb 28, 2022
Recommendation
2

USAID/Ghana verify that Tolon District Assembly corrects the one significant deficiency in internal control detailed on pages 21 and 22 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Nov 15, 2019
Recommendation
3

USAID/Ghana verify that Tolon District Assembly corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on page 25 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Close Date
Feb 28, 2022
Recommendation
4

USAID/Ghana determine the allowability of $33,970 in unsupported questioned cost sharing contributions identified on page 28 of the audit report and take any corrective action deemed necessary under ADS 303.3.10.

Questioned Cost
33970
Close Date
Nov 15, 2019
Aug 23, 2018
NFA Transmittal
4-623-18-012-N
Recommendation
2

USAID/Kenya and East Africa verify that Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa corrects the five material weaknesses in internal control detailed on pages 31 to 39 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Oct 11, 2019
Recommendation
3

USAID/Kenya and East Africa verify that Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa corrects the seven instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 31 to 39 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Oct 11, 2019
Aug 22, 2018
NFA Transmittal
M-497-18-019-N
Recommendation
1

MCC determine the allowability of $2,902 in questioned costs ($2,498 ineligible and $404 unsupported), on page 31 of the audit report, and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
2902
Close Date
Feb 07, 2019