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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Verify that Institut Panos corrects the four material weaknesses in internal control detailed on page 19 of the audit report.

Verify that Institut Panos corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on page 26 of the audit report.

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.

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.

We recommend that USAID/Nigeria verify that Georgetown Global Health Nigeria corrects the one material weakness in internal control detailed on page 21 of the audit report.

We recommend that USAID/Nigeria verify that Georgetown Global Health Nigeria corrects the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on page 25 of the audit report.

Determine the allowability of $31,248 in questioned costs ($1,250 ineligible and $29,998 unsupported) on pages 15 and 16 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Verify that Fondation Serovie corrects the three material weaknesses in internal control detailed on page 24 of the audit report.

Verify that Fondation Serovie corrects the five instances of material noncompliance detailed on page 36 of the audit report.

Determine the allowability of $229,822 in ineligible questioned costs on page 21 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Update the agency's policies and procedures to reflect security controls identified in National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53, Revision 5.

Develop and implement a plan for Millenium Challenge Corporation's security assessments to be updated.

Implement level 2 event logging requirements in accordance with Office of Management and Budget memorandum M-21-31.

Develop and implement a process to make periodic updates to the Millenium Challenge Corporation's business impact assessments.

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany corrects the instance of material weakness in internal controls detailed on page 26 of the audit report.