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 2/6/25)

281

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 2/6/25)

$50,883,288


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

2010

Jun 28, 2010
Audit Report
5-391-10-001-S
Recommendation
1

USAID/Pakistan develop and award a procurement instrument to provide third-party monitoring and evaluation services to assist mission technical offices in implementing internally displaced persons programs, other mission programs, and in-country Washington-based programs such as those carried out by the Offices of Foreign Disaster Assistance and Food for Peace.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jun 28, 2010
Recommendation
2

USAID/Pakistan require the Government of Pakistan to provide quarterly expenditure reports for internally displaced persons disbursements and a list of payments totaling $44 million made to internally displaced persons.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jun 28, 2010
Recommendation
3

USAID/Pakistan verify the use of funds from the quarterly expenditure reports and the list of internally displaced persons and confirm that the Government of Pakistan provided funds to at least 140,000 families as a result of this cash-transfer program.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jun 28, 2010
Recommendation
4

USAID/Pakistan conduct spot checks on and evaluations of the effectiveness of the cash-transfer program.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jun 28, 2010
Jun 28, 2010
Audit Report
7-641-10-006-P
Recommendation
1

USAID/Ghana, in coordination with EngenderHealth, review and revise its implementation plan for 2010 to ensure that sufficient hospital staff is trained or retrained, and to ensure that the work plan includes sufficient followup with the hospitals to implement clearly defined action plans.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jan 21, 2011
Recommendation
2

USAID/Ghana, in collaboration with EngenderHealth, develop a system that more carefully measures the results of the activities performed by EngenderHealth.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jan 21, 2011
Recommendation
3

USAID/Ghana develop its new HIV/AIDS prevention activity to build the capacity of local institutions and improve the prospects for sustainability by entering into longer subagreements and improving the subpartner selection process.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jan 21, 2011
Recommendation
4

USAID/Ghana advocate for improved HIV/AIDS commodity procurement and storage in a letter to the Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission that includes this section of the audit report and points out the need for adequate equipment in warehouses to guarantee quality of antiretroviral therapy drugs.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jan 21, 2011
Recommendation
5

USAID/Ghana work with John Snow International and revise the DELIVER work plan to include preparation of a disposal plan to assist the Government of Ghana in the disposal of expired goods.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jan 21, 2011
Recommendation
6

USAID/Ghana's HIV/AIDS team establish written procedures to revise its performance targets for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief activities to reflect realistic expectations.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jan 21, 2011
Recommendation
7

USAID/Ghana implement controls requiring that Opportunities Industrialization Centers International use the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief guidelines to verify the eligibility of all students who receive scholarships as part of the HOPE program and document and maintain each student's personal file at Opportunities Industrialization Centers International offices.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jan 21, 2011
Recommendation
8

USAID/Ghana require Opportunities Industrialization Centers International to develop and implement financial controls to confirm that the scholarship recipients receive their allowances on time and in full.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jan 21, 2011
Recommendation
9

USAID/Ghana direct all partners in writing to develop branding plans to ensure adherence to USAID branding guidelines (which may include obtaining waivers).

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jan 21, 2011
Jun 28, 2010
Audit Report
5-391-10-010-P
Recommendation
1

USAID/Pakistan develop and implement an action plan to improve the patient referral system in both project districts. This plan should include provisions to establish proper communication procedures between primary health care centers and higher level facilities, disseminate improved procedures to participating facilities and provide training as necessary, and establish effective supervisory review of referral cases.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jun 28, 2010
Jun 25, 2010
NFA Transmittal
5-306-10-002-O
Recommendation
1

USAID/Afghanistan consider requesting from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health a list of schools and clinic buildings completed under the Schools and Clinics Construction and Refurbishment Program that
are not being used for intended purposes and make a determination in coordination with these ministries whether adjustments in the use of these facilities can or should be made.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Sep 06, 2011
Recommendation
2

USAID/Afghanistan evaluate the physical and construction deficiencies identified in Annexures C and D of the attached KPMG report and develop an action plan to correct those deficiencies.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Sep 06, 2011
Jun 15, 2010
Audit Report
9-000-10-008-P
Recommendation
1

USAID/Uganda develop and implement a strategy, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the PEPFAR Coordinator's Office, to support and encourage the Ugandan Ministry of Health to produce regular reporting of clinical and surveillance data.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 08, 2011
Recommendation
2

USAID/Uganda, in the absence of host country data, document a plan to collect data in key regions of the country with significant sexual transmission prevention activity.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 08, 2011
Recommendation
3

USAID/Uganda work closely with the PEPFAR Coordinator's Office and other U.S. Government implementing agencies to finalize and implement a terms of reference document that includes operational guidelines for target setting within the PEPFAR Prevention Working Group.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 08, 2011
Recommendation
4

USAID/Uganda develop and implement a data quality assessment schedule for each implementing partner reporting on sexual transmission prevention indicators that are reported annually or externally.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 08, 2011
Jun 04, 2010
Audit Report
1-512-10-006-P
Recommendation
1

USAID/Brazil establish written procedures that require adequate oversight of its projects.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 21, 2011
Recommendation
2

USAID/Brazil establish written procedures to measure training effectiveness.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 21, 2011
Recommendation
3

USAID/Brazil develop and report against an indicator which it considers most significant and best reflects the progress and impacts of their interventions.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 21, 2011
Recommendation
4

USAID/Brazil provide training during the next meeting with all implementers to discuss the definition and the expectations of what should be considered for reporting progress against the training indicator and the policies, laws, agreements, or regulations indicator.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 21, 2011
Recommendation
5

USAID/Brazil's Agreement Officer's Technical Representative require each implementing partner to submit a monitoring and evaluation plan if one was required as part of the cooperative agreement.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 21, 2011
Recommendation
6

USAID/Brazil's Agreement Officer's Technical Representative adapt its monitoring and evaluation tool to track the receipt and approval of key documents such as life-of-project plans, annual work plans, and monitoring and evaluation plans.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 21, 2011
Recommendation
7

USAID/Brazil develop and implement a system to confirm that reported performance results are accurate.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 21, 2011
Recommendation
8

USAID/Brazil conduct an assessment to confirm that the implementing partners have procedures and internal controls to properly track and report the activities correctly.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 21, 2011
Recommendation
9

USAID/Brazil develop and implement procedures to collect and input training data quarterly into the USAID training network.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Jul 21, 2011
Jun 04, 2010
Audit Report
9-000-10-007-P
Recommendation
1

USAID/Africa Bureau require the West African missions that received Global Food Security Response supplemental funding in fiscal year 2009 reevaluate and document the validity of existing targets on the overall success of program activities.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Aug 11, 2011
Recommendation
2

USAID/Africa Bureau develop and 'mplement a plan to assess each mission's personnel competencies, abilities, and readiness prior to the obligation of any future Global Food Security Response development assistance funds, and adjust funding or resources to properly support sustained program development.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Aug 11, 2011
May 21, 2010
Audit Report
5-306-10-009-P
Recommendation
1

USAID/Afghanistan's Director of Acquisition and Assistance include a clause or provision in all acquisition and assistance agreements to require the implementing partner to report information on casualties as well as serious incidents.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Mar 22, 2011
Recommendation
2

USAID/Afghanistan's devise and implement a formal process, consistent with standards specified in 32 CFR 159.6, for its employees to forward reports of serious incidents and casualties to a designated office that will collect and coordinate the reports.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Mar 22, 2011
Recommendation
3

USAID/Afghanistan's Director of Acquisition and Assistance provide written notification to the implementing partners responsible for the two awards (detailed in the table on page 13) directing them to use only private security contractors licensed by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Mar 22, 2011
Recommendation
4

USAID/Afghanistan's Director of Acquisition and Assistance require that the implementing partners-to which the 17 private security companies (identified in the audit report) have been subcontracted-provide what would customarily be advance notification to USAID/Afghanistan, so that consent to subcontract may be considered and granted or refused.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Mar 22, 2011
Recommendation
5

USAID/Afghanistan's Director of Acquisition and Assistance issue written guidance to existing implementing partners and the office's contracting officers, reminding them of the requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulation part 44.2.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Mar 22, 2011
Recommendation
6

USAID/Afghanistan's contracting officer add Federal Acquisition Regulation Clause 52.225-19, " Contractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States, " to all its existing acquisition awards and issue guidance to include the clause in future awards.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Mar 22, 2011
Recommendation
7

USAID/Afghanistan's contracting officer request in writing that the Chief of Mission issue Mission-wide instructions for non-DOD PSCs and their personnel, as required by Interim Final Rule 32 CFR 159.4(c), to either (1) implement standards set forth by the geographic combatant commander, or (2) instruct non-DOD PSCs and their personnel to follow the guidance and procedures developed by the geographic combatant commander and/or subordinate commander.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Mar 22, 2011
Recommendation
8

USAID/Afghanistan's contracting officer request in writing that the Office of Acquisition and Assistance provide acquisition and assistance award language to regulate subcontracted private security services.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Mar 22, 2011
May 18, 2010
Audit Report
9-000-10-006-P
Recommendation
1

Director of Program Management for the Bureau for Foreign Assistance and the Director of the Office of Democracy and Governance establish and implement procedures to assign the Office of Democracy and Governance as designee for the purpose of oversight, including collecting all financial and program data and conducting monitoring visits to allow the Agency to report to Congress and the public on the Victims of Torture Fund.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Sep 21, 2011
Recommendation
2

The Director of the Office of Democracy and Governance and the Director of Program Management for the Bureau for Foreign Assistance revise and make publicly available the existing Victims of Torture Fund guidelines and that missions are notified, upon receipt of funds, to adhere to these guidelines when implementing Victims of Torture Fund activities.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Sep 21, 2011
May 12, 2010
Audit Report
4-674-10-005-P
Recommendation
1

USAID/Southern Africa define, in writing, the respective authorities, responsibilities, and reporting structure for its Regional HIV/AIDS Program office and its Botswana-resident country director and staff.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Aug 31, 2011
Recommendation
2

USAID/Southern Africa develop and implement a plan, with milestones, to train all implementing partners and service providers for prevention and care services on how to properly maintain source documents and accurately report program results.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Aug 31, 2011
Recommendation
3

USAID/Southern Africa develop and implement a plan, with milestones, to train all implementing partners and service providers for prevention and care services in the Botswana HIV/AIDS program on how to correctly apply performance indicator definitions when collecting, summarizing, and reporting program results.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Aug 31, 2011
Recommendation
4

USAID/Southern Africa prepare an updated performance management plan for the Botswana HIV/AIDS program that is complete and that contains all current performance indicators and reference sheets.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Aug 31, 2011
Recommendation
5

USAID/Southern Africa complete data quality assessments for the HIV/AIDS program indicators in Botswana in accordance with Automated Directives System requirements.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Aug 31, 2011
Recommendation
6

USAID/Southern Africa develop and implement a risk-based monitoring plan for its Botswana HIV/AIDS activities that includes regular site visits involving programmatic review, verification of reported results, and the documentation of site visits performed.

Questioned Cost
0
Close Date
Aug 31, 2011