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 4/18/24)

267

Open Financial Recommendations (As of 4/18/24)

$122,957,553


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

2024

Feb 13, 2024
Performance Audit of Incurred Costs of Nexant, Inc., for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
NFA Transmittal
3-000-24-020-I
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division determine the allowability of $1,405,901 in direct questioned costs ($1,405,901 unsupported) detailed on pages 16 through 35 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
1405901
Funds for Better Use
0
Feb 12, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau Under Multiple Awards, July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023
NFA Transmittal
4-617-24-067-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Uganda verify that Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau provides Palladium International LLC with a copy of the audit report for their review and any necessary corrective action regarding the one instance of material noncompliance detailed on pages 30 to 31 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID/Uganda verify that Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau corrects the three instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 32 to 37 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Feb 12, 2024
Independent Audit Report John Snow International Research & Training Institute, Inc’s Compliance with Cost Accounting Standards and Federal Acquisition Practices
NFA Transmittal
3-000-24-003-D
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that John Snow International Research & Training Institute, Inc. corrects the eight instances of material noncompliance with cost accounting standards and Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 31, detailed on pages 4 and 5 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Feb 12, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by N’weti Comunicação para Saúde in Mozambique Under Multiple Awards, January 1 to December 31, 2022
NFA Transmittal
4-656-24-065-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Mozambique verify that N'weti Comunicação para Saúde provides Pathfinder International and Centro de Aprendizagem e Capacitacao da Sociedade Civil with a copy of the audit report for their review and any necessary corrective action regarding the one instance of material noncompliance identified in relation to the subawards Improved Family Planning Initiative and Advancing Girls Education Program detailed on pages 38 and 39 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Feb 09, 2024
Financial Audit of Costs Incurred by KHMER HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (KHANA) Under the Community Mobilization Initiatives to End Tuberculosis Activity in Cambodia, Cooperative Agreement 72044219CA00002, for the Year Ended December 31, 2022
NFA Transmittal
5-442-24-016-R
Recommendation
1

Verify that KHANA corrects the five instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 36 - 41 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Feb 05, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by the Rural Agency for Community Development and Assistance in Kenya Under Two Awards for the Period January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021
NFA Transmittal
3-000-24-030-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that the Rural Agency for Community Development and Assistance corrects the instance of material noncompliance detailed on page 21 of the audit
report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Jan 29, 2024
Financial Audit of Premiere Urgence Internationale Under Multiple Awards for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
NFA Transmittal
3-000-24-026-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Cost, Audit and Support Division verify that Premiere Urgence Internationale corrects the instance of material noncompliance detailed on page III-2 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Jan 29, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Nouvelle Pharmacie de la Santé Publique de Côte d’Ivoire Under Cooperative Agreement 72062418CA00005, January 1 to December 31, 2022
NFA Transmittal
4-624-24-062-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/West Africa determine the allowability of $202,783 in unsupported questioned costs on page 17 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
202783
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID/West verify that Nouvelle Pharmacie de la Santé Publique de Côte d'Ivoire corrects the four instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 36 to 38 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Jan 26, 2024
Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Virunga Foundation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Under Cooperative Agreement 72066019CA00001, January 1 to December 31, 2022
NFA Transmittal
4-660-24-061-R
Recommendation
1

We recommend that USAID/Democratic Republic of the Congo determine the allowability of $40,834 in ineligible questioned costs identified on pages 9, 12, 13, 22 and 31 of the audit report and recover any amount that is unallowable.

Questioned Cost
40834
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

We recommend that USAID/Democratic Republic of the Congo verify that Virunga Foundation corrects the two instances of material noncompliance detailed on pages 26 and 28 of the audit report.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Jan 26, 2024
Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreements: Opportunities Exist to Improve Processes and Data Management
Audit Report
3-000-24-001-U
Recommendation
1

To address the weaknesses identified in the report, the firm recommend that USAID's Acting Director, Office of Acquisition & Assistance:
Develop and implement procedures to collect indirect cost data from implementers in a systematic manner that will allow it to comprehensively report and analyze the indirect costing methodology and rates for implementers. This information should include indirect cost rate agreement type (e.g., cognizant agency-negotiated indirect cost rate or de minimis agreements).

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
2

To address the weaknesses identified in the report, the firm recommend that USAID's Acting Director, Office of Acquisition & Assistance:
Review the results of the prime implementer's sub-awardee monitoring specifically for indirect cost concerns during site visits or other reviews of the prime.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
3

To address the weaknesses identified in the report, the firm recommend that USAID's Acting Director, Office of Acquisition & Assistance:
Develop written internal control policies, procedures, or guidance specific to USAID's Overhead, Special Cost, and Closeout Branch indirect cost processes to clarify minimal documentation retention rules during every phase of the indirect cost process, notably first time, subsequent, and final negotiations.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
4

To address the weaknesses identified in the report, the firm recommend that USAID's Acting Director, Office of Acquisition & Assistance:
Develop checklists to verify completion of for-profit organizations files similar to the checklist used for non-profit organizations.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
5

To address the weaknesses identified in the report, the firm recommend that USAID's Acting Director, Office of Acquisition & Assistance:
Develop a process to conduct periodic reviews of a sample of implementer files for missing documents or accuracy of indirect costs charged and report unsupported payments as improper payments.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0
Recommendation
6

To address the weaknesses identified in the report, the firm recommend that USAID's Acting Director, Office of Acquisition & Assistance:
Consider implementation of a centralized document control methodology and tracking mechanism to improve internal document control practices.

Questioned Cost
0
Funds for Better Use
0